Dangling by a wire from a crossbeam was a large white cardboard sign. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Giant Robot]
How could he overpower him and hoist him over a crossbeam?. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Edge] Reference
Hrolfur stood in front of the crossbeam, holding the rudder-line. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
At the same time, from the crossbeam over Marks head, a noose was lowered. From Wordnik.com. [The Soldiers of Halla] Reference
Traffic was halted last Tuesday after some steel rods and a crossbeam fell. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009] Reference
There the captain settled himself into a wicker chair that hung from a crossbeam. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
John Martinez ducked his head under the broken crossbeam, stepping inside the room. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Once at sea the mast was raised, the crossbeam tied in place, and the sail released. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Silver Bow]
On an upper floor of Cellophane, two riggers saw a crossbeam amid a flurry of sparks. From Wordnik.com. [Instant Suburb of Prefabs Hits New York] Reference
She froze where she was, hanging upside down, her tail wrapped around a high crossbeam. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness of the Light] Reference
Hrolfur raised himself up on the crossbeam, his fists clenched round the steering-ropes. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
He was standing up now in front of the crossbeam and staring fixedly out in front of the boat. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Icelandic Short Stories] Reference
He hews with his sword at the bench, but strikes a crossbeam as he brandished the weapon aloft. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor] Reference
Two stout men-at-arms slowly lugged a crossbeam to brace the gate when it closed for the night. From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
Qwilleran pointed to Koko on the moosehead and Yum Yum on a crossbeam spanning the dining table. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Went Underground]
The arc light swaying on the crossbeam swings above our heads and the bookie ringmaster catches my eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Bloomsday Dead] Reference
All the victims were strangled before being cut, and Dig Chancellor was found suspended from a crossbeam. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Edge] Reference
Do we measure a longer time by a shorter time, as we measure the length of a crossbeam in terms of cubits?. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler] Reference
Over there, on the other side of the street, the body of Father Hauk swung from a crossbeam of a house door. From Wordnik.com. [Hard to be a god]
She dropped the rope coils, wrapped her fingers around the end, and threw the hook over the crossbeam girder. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Even the row of potted rosary vines, hanging from hooks along a rustic crossbeam in the foyer, was motionless. From Wordnik.com. [Check Engine Light] Reference
Even the row of potted rosary vines, hanging from hooks along a rustic crossbeam in the foyer, was motionless. From Wordnik.com. [Check Engine Light] Reference
I look up through the murk and can see on a crossbeam a little mud pie with tiny sticks of straw poking from it. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
The crossbeam and rods, which were installed as part of emergency repairs over Labor Day, just couldn't hold up to the force. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference
It was hard to get a true sense of scale at this distance, but the crossbeam of the catapult was many times the height of a man. From Wordnik.com. [Icerigger]
More information is available at www. crossbeam.com. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Two steel rods, metal crossbeam fell off bridge Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [WSBTV.com - Local News] Reference
Two steel rods, steel crossbeam fell off bridge last week. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
Pierre seized the crossbeam, tugged, and wrenched the oak frame out with. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Over two pulleys attached to the ceiling a rope was passed, holding a crossbeam at each end. From Wordnik.com. [Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life] Reference
As he grabbed it, the light shimmered off another message written on the crossbeam of the giant cross. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
Those are the actual helmet, shield, and saddle which he used in the battle upon the crossbeam yonder. From Wordnik.com. [A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus] Reference
The Arkansas Highway Transportation Department closed the bridge in 2007 because of a cracked crossbeam. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The closure was triggered when two rods and a 5,000 pound crossbeam failed during the Tuesday evening commute. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He swung the rope over the crossbeam and paid it out until the end was clutched by the uplifted hands of those below. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators] Reference
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