Seeing shafts of light piercing the fog, Tom's mother-in-law opened fire from her sofa fort bunker.
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Shafts
Synonyms for "shafts" (433 found)
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Verb(49 words)
cursedeceivedickdiddledig outdightdissembledissimulatedodoinkdrilleffenjoyexpletive deletedfeaguefeignfillformal termsfrackfrak
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frickfrigfuckget into someone's pantsget over onget up ingive someone onegive someone the timego in untogo to bed withgo withhavehave one's way withhave one's wicked way withhithumpinformal and slang termsjapejiffjockeyjuicejumpjump someone's bonesknobknockknock offknowknow someone in the biblical senselay
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Verb(48 words)
Noun(44 words)
lighthouselouverlouverworkmarkermartellomartello towermastmausoleummegalithmementomemorialmemorial archmemorial columnmemorial statuememorial stonemenhirminaretminemineshaftmonolith
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monumentmoundnarisnecrologynewel-postnostrilobeliskobituaryobservation toweropen cutopencastpagodapedestalpedicelpedunclepencilpierpilasterpilepilingpillarpinnaclepitplaqueplinthpolepostpotshotprizeput-downpylonpyramidquarrelquarryqueen-postrachisrayreedreliquaryremembranceribbonrodrostral columnrotating shaftscrewscrewingshankshootshotshrineskyscrapersoclespearspileholespiraclespirestaffstalestalkstanchionstandstandardstandpipesteeplestelastemstickstingstonestreakstupasubbasesurbasetablettelevision masttestimonialthrusttombtombstonetonguetopetouchholetourtowertransomtrophytrunktunnelturretuprightventventageventholeventiductventilating shaftventilatorvictimizevolleywater towerwellwind tunnelwindmill towerworkingsyawning abyss
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Sample sentences
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He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.
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These crank shafts are precision balanced for smooth high revving engines.
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He stops, and from Achates hastes to seize / his chance-brought arms, the arrows and the bow, / the branching antlers smites, and lays the leader low. / Next fall the herd; and through the leafy glade / in mingled rout he drives the scattered train, / plying his shafts.
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