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Example sentences for "pointed stick"

  • Stand on the board again and proceed as before, making two shallow furrows with a pointed stick.

  • Then stand on the board and with a pointed stick make a shallow furrow on each side of the board close to the board.

  • I should add a board about ten inches wide with straight edges and as long as the bed is wide, and a pointed stick.

  • The diagram is drawn on a smooth piece of ground with a pointed stick or on a pavement with a bit of chalk.

  • Draw over this again with a very sharply pointed pencil or pointed stick, and the lines will be repeated by the carbon-paper on the under sheet of paper.

  • They plant corn by making a hole in the ground with a sharp-pointed stick, into which the seed is dropped and covered up.

  • When about two-thirds covered up all round, they force a strong sharp-pointed stick in three or four different places through the whole mass of grass weeds and vegetables, to the bottom of the oven.

  • As soon as they have made the first rough leaf, top them, by taking out the break that appears next, which may be easily done with the thumb and finger, or a sharp-pointed stick.

  • Have a sharp-pointed stick, about six or eight inches long, for the purpose of stirring the mould round the plants, in a similar manner to hoeing a crop in a garden.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    absolute music; compass needle; draw water; excellent idea; for being; great adventure; naval warfare; obey the; other systems; pioneer life; pointed arch; pointed arches; pointed architecture; pointed beard; pointed knife; pointed out; pointed star; pointed stars; pointed stick; pointed wings; population concentrated; secondary sense; should begin; should require; simple faith; wild rice