AXLE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for AXLE, such as:
1. Thus a wheel revolves on its axle.
2. The back axle of the bus was broken.
3. At last, far up the road, she heard the protesting screech of unoiled axles and the slow uncertain plodding of hooves.
2. The back axle of the bus was broken.
3. At last, far up the road, she heard the protesting screech of unoiled axles and the slow uncertain plodding of hooves.
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Meanings and Examples of AXLE
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axle
n. a shaft on which a wheel rotates
Classic Sentence:
1 This magnet is sustained by a very strong axle of adamant passing through its middle, upon which it plays, and is poised so exactly that the weakest hand can turn it.
2 In the middle of the concave side, there is a groove twelve inches deep, in which the extremities of the axle are lodged, and turned round as there is occasion.
3 The waves sink to rest, and the swoln water-ways smooth out under the thundering axle; the storm-clouds scatter from the vast sky.
4 At last, far up the road, she heard the protesting screech of unoiled axles and the slow uncertain plodding of hooves.
5 To make them run easily and swiftly, the axles of carriages are anointed; and for much the same purpose, some whalers perform an analogous operation upon their boat; they grease the bottom.
6 The wheels were armed with those long, offensive axles which keep other vehicles at a distance, and which may still be seen on the road in Germany.
Example Sentence:
1 The back axle of the bus was broken.
2 Thus a wheel revolves on its axle.