The tall, thin monument looked like a long shaft. From LearnThat.org.
The older form is sometimes called shaft-and-globe. From Wordnik.com. [The Pour] Reference
The technician selects the shaft from the shaft bin. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Golf equipment keeps on truckin' with the PGA Tour] Reference
The prevailing style of marble shaft is coffin shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
The sunburst off the shaft is a nice touch:) Cool shot!. From Wordnik.com. [2007 Golden golfer] Reference
At Lennox Castle the shaft is shorter and the dials fewer. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
The problem of experts being given the shaft is widespread. From Wordnik.com. [Bias on Wikipedia?] Reference
The shaft is 27 ft. high, and bears upon its top a hundred-pound shell. From Wordnik.com. [The Monuments on the Battle-field of Bull Run] Reference
Officials say the drill making an escape shaft is within days of reaching the men. From Wordnik.com. [Chilean President: Rescue of Miners is 'Very Close'] Reference
Why should anyone care what he does when Hillary is getting the shaft from the DNC. From Wordnik.com. [Obama to tour key Western states] Reference
The elevator shaft is enclosed on its front face by a wide fourteen foot glass window. From Wordnik.com. [The CN Tower] Reference
Make sure the shaft is clean (they sell a cleaner also that you can dip the shafts in). From Wordnik.com. [I've been mighty hard on fletching over the past 3 yrs of having my bow.] Reference
On one side of the shaft is inscribed, To the memory of the patriots who fell at Bull Run, July. From Wordnik.com. [The Monuments on the Battle-field of Bull Run] Reference
The officials say a drill boring the rescue shaft is now within 100 meters of where the miners are located. From Wordnik.com. [Officials Say Rescue Shaft Could Reach Chilean Miners by Saturday] Reference
This has always been a delightful multi-generational sitcom, and why Dawn & Co. gave it the shaft is beyond me. From Wordnik.com. [REBA’S Curtain Call | the TV addict] Reference
The lower part of the shaft is carved with rose and thistle patterns, and on one face are two twisted serpents. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
The ore as it comes from the shaft is handpicked, and graded into three grades, first, second, and third-class ore. From Wordnik.com. [Cobalt Mineral Conditions] Reference
Still, there was one break-out indie film this year we're surprised got the shaft from the Academy: "(500) Days of Summer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Oscar Nomination Snubbing Of ‘(500) Days Of Summer’ » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
At fifteen or twenty yards distance another shaft is sunk, and thus the channel and shafts are continued to the desired point by. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
In a very high wind, say 100 mph, the top of the concrete shaft is likely to move out of the perpendicular only about 18 to 20 inches. From Wordnik.com. [The CN Tower] Reference
Once the shaft is completed and has been fitted with the proper equipment, the men are to be brought up one at a time in a metal capsule. From Wordnik.com. [Chilean President: Rescue of Miners is 'Very Close'] Reference
This consisted of a globe about 2 feet 2 inches in diameter, into which the shaft is fitted, burying the whole of one of the five spaces. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
At one end of the shaft is a very small propeller. From Wordnik.com. [Federal Bureau of Investigation FOIA Documents - Unidentified Flying Objects] Reference
A shaft is a prerequisite for the use of hydro-compressors. From Wordnik.com. [3.1 Bricked brattice, bricked duct] Reference
It is too late, however, to recall the shaft thus rashly launched. From Wordnik.com. [Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete] Reference
The mine is opened by a shaft, that is, a square hole sunk in the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
Inside the shaft is a round, hollow cone, 7 feet wide at the bottom and 4 feet. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The shaft is the long stem of the hair, while its extreme end is termed the point. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Lucky for me the shaft was a little on the drift, so she didn't quite shoot my way. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Nights] Reference
The head appeared to be of copper and the shaft was a long, thin rod of the same material. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Andes] Reference
The shaft was a piece of heavy iron rod which we procured from the blacksmith at Lumberville. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference
The hydraulic pump now working at the 3,000 foot level of the shaft is the deepest in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885] Reference
It was Alan's voice which recalled the shaft to her mind, and sent a thrill of terror through her. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1906] Reference
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