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Example sentences for "shoring"

Lexicographically close words:
shorely; shores; shoreside; shoreward; shorewards; shorn; short; shortage; shortages; shortbread
  1. After this had been done to their satisfaction, they removed the shoring pillar and used the wax elsewhere.

  2. They rapidly threw out a buttress or supporting pillar from the comb next to the one in danger, and joined it firmly to it, thus shoring it up and preventing its fall in a most effectual manner.

  3. It is a low-grade ore, I should say, and tunnelling and shoring would eat it up.

  4. Burnley leaned insolently against a truck and gave the men nothing to observe; the next minute in bustled the honest miner at whose instance Hope had come down the mine, and begged him to come and visit the shoring at once.

  5. Two of these passages led by oblique routes to those old works, the shoring of which had been reported unsafe.

  6. The shoring of the old works is giving way, and there's a deal of water collecting in another part.

  7. When it was Bob's turn to go on, Harry again suggested shoring up certain loose spots; especially one near where he had been picking, for there had been a small fall during his shift.

  8. They worked in relays, and had driven in about a score of yards, when Harry suggested shoring it with saplings for safety.

  9. With a half hour lost in shoring up the roof, there were fifty loads to be caught up during the day if the average was to be maintained.

  10. Under Toppy's direction they went to work with a vim shoring up the loosened roof of the cave.

  11. The taking down of one half of the old structure may necessitate the removal of stays and bracing affecting the stability of the half remaining to carry the traffic, and thus render temporary shoring and bracing necessary.

  12. The long arms of the shoring stanchions smote the walls in a kind of terrific anvil chorus to the blaring orchestra of the tempest.

  13. A signal lantern was attached to one of the shoring stanchions near the mess hall, and as Madden moved into its dull glow, another bundled form entered from the other side.

  14. The many iron stanchions for the shoring of vessels began thrumming a devil's tattoo against the high iron walls, like a myriad giant fingers.

  15. Ranging down these precipices were innumerable huge iron stanchions for the shoring of ocean liners.

  16. The works in St. Mark's reƫstablished in more than its original solidity the south flank, which was in such a state of ruin that only the abundant shoring had prevented the faƧade from top to bottom from falling bodily into the Piazza.

  17. The southwest angle of the Palace was prevented only by massive shoring from falling bodily into the Piazzetta.

  18. Swinging the heavy bar once around he struck the bottom of the joist which supported the shoring over head, and the heavy timbers, put up insecurely because they were to be used but temporarily, fell with a crash.

  19. One end of the shoring plank was yet held by the upright placed in the center of the cutting, and it remained at an angle, although pinning him down, while the earth covered him completely.

  20. Shoring was put in behind the heading crew, then replaced by another set of timbers as the bench was removed.

  21. But it seemed clear that dynamiter Heinie Hinkleman got his fuses fouled up and also that the foreman of the shoring crew was lax about getting his men to safety.

  22. Another bullet tore splinters from a shoring timber at the portal as Tesno darted inside.

  23. Even if he hadn't, he'd have got that shoring gang out of there earlier.

  24. As soon as the last blaze had been extinguished the bull gang began rushing timber down into the mine, and the timber-men got to work, shoring up the weakened levels.

  25. As soon as he was able to collect his senses he glanced toward the shaft where the lumber skip went down into the mine to carry the timber for the bull gang, the timber used in shoring up the levels to keep them from caving in.

  26. Year after year, during the Republican administrations, the national Judiciary had been quietly shoring up by its decisions the fabric of the Union, as fate compelled the Jeffersonians to erect it.

  27. Madison was one of many which emanated from Marshall, silently shoring up the fabric of the Union as it was erected by the hand of necessity.

  28. Ninth Avenue, permanent concrete piers under Elevated Railway Columns and removal of temporary shoring girders "C".

  29. The columns being thus supported on temporary shoring girders, the old foundations were removed and the excavation was taken down to a level about 16 ft.

  30. Four sets of these temporary shoring girders were used in this manner, two sets starting at the north end and two sets at about the middle of the work, and these sets were moved south as they were released.

  31. Temporary Shoring Girders removed and Permanent Bents resting on Girders C in place.

  32. Double bents, independent of each other, were placed under the ends of these temporary shoring girders, and these were braced securely to prevent possible dislodgment during the removal of the rock.

  33. This having been done, the temporary shoring girders were moved south to the next column, where the process was repeated.

  34. The overhead girders "B" were then put in place, and two of the girders "C" were used as temporary shoring girders at each column.

  35. A single wide plank had been knocked out of the shoring to make an entrance into the tunnel.

  36. There was five of the boys 'sides your father in the tunnel, and when the shot went off the shoring at the bottom of the shaft shook right out and she caved in!


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shoring" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bearing; bracing; burdened; carrying; holding; support; supporting; supportive; sustaining