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Example sentences for "steam shovel"

  • I'll be using no steam shovel, Williams," said the contractor.

  • You said you had a steam shovel, Mr. Brady," said Bob.

  • In case of emergency--say in steam shovel work--a train of dump cars goes over the side of a dump, and a track gang is called upon to help the regular dump gang so that the difficulty may be overcome as soon as possible.

  • A watchman's time is not spent in drilling, or on a steam shovel while it is running.

  • The number of cars and engines required for each steam shovel to keep it in nearly constant operation depends upon the nature of the material excavated, the length of haul, and the density of other traffic upon the main line.

  • The material excavated by a steam shovel is loaded on cars, wagons or carts.

  • The simplest and one of the most frequent cases for the application of a steam shovel is the widening of a single track railway cut.

  • The delay in returning empty cars due to detentions from other trains is the great trouble most keenly felt in steam shovel work on railways in operation.

  • Can anyone imagine how a thought can turn into a steam shovel, or a steam shovel into a thought?

  • Compare the two things, a state of consciousness and say, a steam shovel.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "steam shovel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brought unto; competitive examination; could write; different thing; found from; internal structure; lovely morning; much agitated; must indeed; peared like; steam boiler; steam boilers; steam chest; steam engine; steam fire; steam gauge; steam heat; steam launch; steam locomotion; steam navigation; steam power; steam shovel; steam turbine; steam yacht; still speaking; then asked