How to use bale in a sentence
30 example sentences · noun, verb
Bale means evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death. Example: “I used a hay bale for a bed.”
Examples of bale by meaning
nounA group of turtles.
- The San Diego Freeway traffic is as slow as a bale of turtles.2011, Marla Martenson, Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker, Bettie Youngs Books
- A bale of turtles gathers on the waters edge at the newly opened Carpenter Creek Headwaters Park on Olive Road in Escambia County in March 20, 2026.2026 March 28, Gregg Pachkowski, “See turtles galore at newly opened Carpenter Creek Headwaters Park”, in Pensacola News Journal, archived...
- A captivating video of a 'bale' of turtles seemingly engaged in a meeting has taken the internet by storm2025 August 21, ToI Trending Desk, “Video of a group of turtle in an unusual pattern goes viral”, in Times of India, archived from the...
More sentences with bale
- I used a hay bale for a bed.From the entry for
- They fed the bale into the header.From the entry header
- Farmer Jones is in straits because his baler is broken down and he's got three fields of hay ready to bale.From the entry baler
- When bale is hext, boot is next.From the entry hext
- Bean held court in an outhouse, the prisoner seated on a bale of flint hides.1906, Andy Adams, “Rangering”, in Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories. From the entry hold court
- I lifted the circular operculum from its place and laid it carefully on the bale.1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter IX, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published…. From the entry operculum
- If the bales chafe or become wet on their flats, only one or two layers will be damaged.2024, Robert J. Meurn, Marine Cargo Operations. From the entry flat
- They can be used for palleted bags, totes, or bales and can also be used to transport large logs.2012, Chittaranjan Kole, Chandrashekhar P. Joshi, David R. Shonnard, Handbook of Bioenergy Crop Plants, page 129. From the entry tote
- The older man eyed him for a moment bale fully.1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate. From the entry durn
- The outboard bales in each tier should be placed on their edges so that their flats will be presented to the sweat battens.2024, Robert J. Meurn, Marine Cargo Operations. From the entry flat
- Handle creaks, cattlecake flies like a shuttlecock, rattles the pailful: Sniff while the harm of death dies by the charm of breath, all bales unbaleful.2014, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Artemis Cooper, Words of Mercury: Tales from a Lifetime of Travel. From the entry unbaleful
- A simpler version of the common bend with its ends in the same direction is used to join binder twine in a hay baling machine.2012, Percy W. Blandford, Practical Knots and Ropework, page 67. From the entry bend
- With the heavy seas trying to broach the boat they baled — and eventually found someone had forgotten to put the bung in.1996, Dudley Pope, Life in Nelson's Navy. From the entry bung
- We saw: —Donkeys laden with large men (bare feet scraping the road), baled grass (donkey’s dinner), stringsfuls of children, ground crops burlap-bagged for market.1970 October 4, Paula Cronin, “St. Vincent - roller coaster island that deserves exploring”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 198, number…. From the entry stringful
- The men had only moved the trailer about a yard when suddenly it tippled over on its side, and bales of cotton fell on Howarth.1928, The World's Carriers and Carrying Trades' Review, page 476. From the entry tipple
- Instead of bales of cloth he saw there only gleaming bucklers hanging on the walls, and arms of all kinds as in a seignorial castle.1919, Louise Seymour Houghton, Life of St. Francis of Assisi. From the entry seignorial
- A whisper of the gold-rush had reached his ears, and he had come with several bales of furs, and another of gut-sewn mittens and moccasins.1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter I, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October…. From the entry gold rush
- Such days as there was no window-dressing there was a mighty carrying and lifting of blocks and bales of goods into piles and stacks.1905, H. G. Wells, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, New York: Scribner, Book I, Chapter 2, p. 46. From the entry window dressing
- Sumo matches also take place in a dohyō ring made of rice straw bales built on top of a platform made of mixed clay and sand.2021, Mark Everard, “A Simple Bowl of Rice”, in The Ecology of Everyday Things, Boca Raton, Fla.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: CRC Press, →ISBN…. From the entry dohyō
- Bale worked Bozovic again as he was left unmarked in the Montenegro area but could not get enough power on his header from a looping cross.2011 September 2, “Wales 2-1 Montenegro”, in BBC. From the entry unmarked
- But even if you have a garage mahal, it is not going to be practical for you to store bales of cotton and bushels of corn.2011, Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth, The Little Book of Alternative Investments, page 78. From the entry Garage Mahal
- The farmers up here will have a lot of cleaning to do along the fencelines before they bale hay next June or they will be baling kindling.2007 January 1, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Edges and Order”, in New York Times. From the entry fenceline
- Its middle log had never been properly spiked down or tied with baling wire, so I always got a kneeful of water when I stepped on it.1988, Cully Gage, A Love Affair With the U.P., page 25. From the entry kneeful
- Initial treatment of such cloting with mothicide or insecticide by the manufacturer with additional treatment at the depot when the clothing is repacked or baled. b.1950, “Subsistence”, in Storage of Quartermaster Supplies (Department of the Army Technical Manual; TM 10-250), Washington, D.C.: United…. From the entry mothicide
- The Venetian captain, prodding among the butts and bales of the cargo, had discovered a stowaway--a fat, sandy-haired man in worn leather, snoring bibulously among the barrels.1939, Robert E. Howard, Gates of Empire. From the entry bibulously
- One broker states that a considerable quantity of wool for export is now presspacked, jute canvas and iron hoops similar to those used on South American bales being employed.1915 June, Robert P. Skinner, “Wool Bales and Prices in England”, in National Wool Grower, volume 5, page 55. From the entry presspack
- Cow has been home all day busy getting the cotton seed meal and hulls ready for dinner, tending to the little cowlets and bullets and baking a bale of hay.1959, C. B. Kitchens, X-syrps from the Trickem News Chronic, page 5. From the entry bullet
Meaning of bale
- noun Evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
- noun Suffering, woe, torment.
- noun A large fire, a conflagration or bonfire.
Questions about bale in a sentence
- How do you use bale in a sentence?
- Bale is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I used a hay bale for a bed.”
- What is a short sentence with bale?
- “They fed the bale into the header.”
- What does bale mean?
- Bale means evil, especially considered as an active force for destruction or death.
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