How to Use shaft in a Sentence

shaft

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  • The robot-makers are a shaft of light at the bottom of the well.
    — Kat McGowan, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The tall version also solves the issue of a low shaft height.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • For styling, use a 1 & 1/4-inch curling iron at the roots and mid shaft to give it a bend and leave the ends straight.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Then flip the file 90-degrees and smooth out any rough areas on the nail shaft.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The eastern side of the shaft is 350 feet tall, its grid of square windows stacked in a dark blue skin.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The Michelle Suede Classic Boot has a tall shaft to keep your shins and ankles cozy.
    — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
  • With a 7-inch shaft, these boots are tall enough to keep you warm, but not too bulky for your commute.
    — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Built with a 100% carbon fiber shaft, the pole folds (Z-style) to just over a foot to stash just about anywhere.
    — Lindsey Lapointe, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The opposing forces make the coil spin quickly, turning the drive shaft, which makes the wheels go round.
    — Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The cleaning kit includes a bristle brush and a scraper that helps clean the blades, discs, and shaft.
    — Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Off one tunnel shaft was a cage made with metal bars and a door that locked from the outside.
    — NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • To address the problem, Craig would need a grease gun, a tool that helps lubricate the drive shaft.
    — Katherine Rosman Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The plungers are powered by an output shaft on the engine or from a motor.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This classic style has an 8-inch shaft with a 14-inch opening.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 31 Dec. 2023
  • As Hazel mines, a few people sit behind the drill shaft atop of a cocoon of wires and metal.
    — Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • To keep pits and mine shafts dry, and also to process ore, Barrick pulls huge volumes of water out of the ground.
    — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The fractures and scars show that they were distally hafted – attached to the split end of a shaft.
    — Laure Metz, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Now's a great time to grab yourself a pair of winter essentials like the tall leather shaft boots.
    — Maura Jenkins, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Strain on rotor shaft The torque meter measures the strain on the rotor shaft.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • This meant that Herring and Rambo needed to move forward from the air shaft.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • An aluminum shaft helps make Garant’s Yukon the lightest shovel in our test by over a quarter of a pound.
    — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
  • For your scrotum and shaft, go extra slow and stretch the skin to flatten it and make easier to trim.
    — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 20 July 2023
  • When the motor's shaft spins, the washer throws it off-balance, making the whole motor—and the brush along with it—vibrate and move.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In front of a wall of Catholic icons in gold frames, the smoke of copal, the Mesoamerican incense, cut swirls through shafts of sunlight.
    — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • For prostate stimulation, Lee says a pick with a curved shaft and bulbous head will hit the right spot.
    — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 19 Nov. 2023
  • There were pipes, stairs and a giant shaft that went nowhere — relics from 130 years of building and rebuilding.
    — William J. Broad George Etheredge, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The clubs feature a lighter head weight, and a unique construction with a more delicate shaft and grip.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Dealers will inspect the left rear axle shaft date code and replace the axle shaft as necessary, free of charge.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The gear lever has been moved rearwards, closer to the driver, and is now a shaft of carbon fiber rather than a spindly metal wand.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 11 July 2023
  • The mummy, the remains of a man named Hekashepes, was found in a sealed stone sarcophagus at the bottom of a 33-foot shaft.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2023

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