CLOG in a Sentence
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22 example sentences for CLOG, such as:
1. Dust clogged Scarlett's nostrils and dried her lips.
2. Fear, that relentless pursuer, clogged Dantes' efforts.
3. The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.
4. He shed them so thick they kind of clogged up the air, and altogether he shed seventeen suits.
5. A cleanly dressed young woman, with clogs on her bare feet, was scrubbing the floor in the new outer room.
2. Fear, that relentless pursuer, clogged Dantes' efforts.
3. The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.
4. He shed them so thick they kind of clogged up the air, and altogether he shed seventeen suits.
5. A cleanly dressed young woman, with clogs on her bare feet, was scrubbing the floor in the new outer room.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CLOG
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clog
n. any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
v. impede with a clog or as if with a clog
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 At this moment one of the heath-croppers feeding in the outer shadows was audibly shaking off the clog attached to its foot.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
2 He shed them so thick they kind of clogged up the air, and altogether he shed seventeen suits.
3 Fear, that relentless pursuer, clogged Dantes' efforts.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
Context Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
4 Dust clogged Scarlett's nostrils and dried her lips.
5 Gradually his brain emerged from the clogged clouds, and at last he was enabled to more closely comprehend himself and circumstance.
6 He offered his assistance to any one who was in need of it, lifted a horse, released a wheel clogged in the mud, or stopped a runaway bull by the horns.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
7 Fortunately, the soil, which was light and wet with the winter rains, clogged the wheels and retarded its speed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
8 These, perhaps, if more distinctly heard, might have been only a grosser medium, and have clogged the spiritual sense.
9 The sidewindows of the hansom were clogged with a grey-flannel mist.
10 Those seeds have fiery force and divine birth, so far as they are not clogged by taint of the body and dulled by earthy frames and limbs ready to die.
11 A cleanly dressed young woman, with clogs on her bare feet, was scrubbing the floor in the new outer room.
12 The good-looking young woman in clogs, swinging the empty pails on the yoke, ran on before him to the well for water.
13 "Father, Finogen wants some tar," said the young woman in the clogs, coming in.
14 That gravel page upon which I might have read so much has been long ere this smudged by the rain and defaced by the clogs of curious peasants.
15 Monasteries, when they abound in a nation, are clogs in its circulation, cumbrous establishments, centres of idleness where centres of labor should exist.
Example Sentence:
1 The ash had to be removed from the tarmac less it clog the engines of the planes, endangering passengers who've already been through a harrowing ordeal.
2 Diets that are high in saturated fat and cholesterol tend to clog up our arteries, thereby reducing the blood flow to our hearts and brains.
3 New technologies offer lower margins than internet services, making it more important for startups to husband their cash; all this is before considering the nastier features of Bay Area: from clogged traffic to shocking inequality.
4 The world's media will descend, Google will be clogged by searching fans and from the middle of the scrum a few shiny objects will emerge – a pair of phones, a couple of tablets and, probably, two watches.
5 The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line.