LEVER in a Sentence

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For LEVER, below is one of 39 sentences:
Dantes went and cut the strongest olive-tree he could find, stripped off its branches, inserted it in the hole, and used it as a lever.

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 Meanings and Examples of LEVER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lever
 n.  bar, applied to a rotator piece to turn it
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  Presently I am going to press the lever, and off the machine will go.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Then the Time Traveller put forth his finger towards the lever.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
3  I took the starting lever in one hand and the stopping one in the other, pressed the first, and almost immediately the second.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
4  I drew a breath, set my teeth, gripped the starting lever with both hands, and went off with a thud.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
5  I pressed the lever over to its extreme position.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
6  Like an impatient fool, I lugged over the lever, and incontinently the thing went reeling over, and I was flung headlong through the air.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
7  One hand on the saddle, the other on the lever, I stood panting heavily in attitude to mount again.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In III
8  Then, struck with a sudden idea, I left her and turned to a machine from which projected a lever not unlike those in a signal-box.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
9  Clambering upon the stand, and grasping this lever in my hands, I put all my weight upon it sideways.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
10  I rolled over, and as I did so my hand came against my iron lever.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IX
11  But at last the lever was fitted and pulled over.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In X
12  In a moment my hand was on the lever, and I had placed a month between myself and these monsters.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XI
13  I stared for a minute at the Time Machine and put out my hand and touched the lever.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XII
14  Something was at work on the other side of the wall; the prisoner had discovered the danger, and had substituted a lever for a chisel.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
15  Dantes went and cut the strongest olive-tree he could find, stripped off its branches, inserted it in the hole, and used it as a lever.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
Example Sentence:
1  The worker depressed the lever to start the machine.
2  Move this lever to change gear.
3  The seat tilts forward, when you press this lever.
4  Pull this lever to open the gate.
5  This lever must serve some ulterior purpose.
6  Push the tiny lever on the lock.
7  If you lever up the stone with a stick, you will find lots of insects living beneath it.
8  The threat of sanctions is our most powerful lever for peace.
9  A lever is a bar, with which you can pry or lift greater weights or apply greater force.
10  If we use this stone as a fulcrum and the crowbar as a lever, we may be able to move this boulder.