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• They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.From the entry makeshift
• We saw a solitary goth hanging out on a ledge by the train station.From the entry goth
• The fontinal cliff vegetation occupies moist rocky banks, damp ledges, and dripping rocks.From the entry fontinal
• Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.From the entry inch
• I fragged him but he fell off the ledge afterwards.From the entry frag
• This game has a mechanic where if you run toward a ledge you automatically jump off rather than just falling.From the entry mechanic
• On a high ledge, a misstep could be fatal.From the entry misstep
• I can't believe that that skateboarder just rolled right off that ledge like the six-foot drop was nothing!From the entry roll off
• Sitting on the bathtub ledge in our tiny apt and watching my mom beat her face.2016, Jane Larkworthy, “Tyra Banks Loves Instagram Brows, Contouring and Discovering New Models”, in W Magazine. From the entry beat one's face
• Jump up to the ledge on your right and shimmy around the corner.2009, Allison Schubert, Lunabean.com's Videogame Guides of 2008: Adventure 3-Pack. From the entry shimmy
• Left us here, stuck like Chuck, out here on this ledge.2006, Geri Guillaume, Her Brother's Keeper, page 126. From the entry stuck like Chuck
• Climb on top of the room and drop down to shimmy along its back ledge.1999, Prima Development, The Big PlayStation Book. From the entry shimmy
• We continue to move upward, climbing higher and higher across overgrown ledges along the wall.1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 535. From the entry upward
• On a broad ledge near the top, we found a stone cabin.1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 211. From the entry terrace
• With a deafening crash lightning strikes the ledge directly above us.1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 538. From the entry deafening
• Van chased a sweetlip, and it scuttled safely under a coral ledge.1969, Ben Cropp, Whale of a Shark, page 67. From the entry sweetlip
• On iced rocks, hard-frozen scree, or ledges of wet earth or vegetation, Vibs are treacherous.1964, Modern Mountaineering, page 58. From the entry vibs
• Rough and narrow ledges formed by nature gave access to the upper caves.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot, Chapter VIII. From the entry unhampered
• There was a ball-pein hammer on a ledge above the doorjamb and Kidd reached up softly and took it down.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 123. From the entry ball-pein hammer
• On the ledge, the guillemots shuffle awkwardly about on their tarsi, the long bone connecting the ‘ankle’ to the feet.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 99. From the entry tarsus
• I ignored him and looked around, wondering who preened the conical fir trees on each ledge of the building.2018, J.S. Monroe, The Riot Act. From the entry preen
• I talk suicidal squirrels off the ledge.2011, Gitty Daneshvari, “School of Fear 3: The Final Exam”, in Inc., Hachette Digital. From the entry squirrelcide
• Bright, laughing streams, moving over their gravel beds and drowned ledges, fed by watercressed springs from under towering walls.2008, John Madson, Michael McIntosh, Out Home, page 69. From the entry watercressed
• The railfan seat was removed, replaced with a foot ledge.1997 June 26, Adam H. Kerman, “CTA Cuts Conductors”, in misc.transport.urban-transit (Usenet). From the entry railfan seat
• Tarka quatted on the ledge ; he knew that Deadlock would follow hiin wherever he swam in water.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19. From the entry quat
• As half in the deep window embrazure, Lennon paused to watch her, the overhanging cliff ledges reverberated with an impatient call.1920, Robert Ames Bennet, Bloom of Cactus. From the entry embrazure
• Stone sidewalks, little more than a ledge in width, ran along the base of the mean and monotonous adobe houses.1904 November, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], Cabbages and Kings, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., page 24. From the entry adobe
• By manipulating the flow of magic, Eragon quickly descended from the Ra'zac's lair—which the insubstantial wall of stone once again hid—to the ledge.2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, pages 67-8. From the entry insubstantial
• He was sidestepping carefully along a narrow portion of the ledge, looking down, when he saw another jetpacked troll flying up at them.2007, Bruce Golden, Better Than Chocolate, Austin, Tex.: Zumaya Otherworlds, →ISBN. From the entry jetpacked
• They are not hard rapids, but require your attention, as there are plenty of rocks and ledges that need to be avoided.2004, Gil Gilpatrick, The Allagash Guide: What You Need to Know to Canoe This Famous Waterway, Gil Gilpatrick, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry rip
• They also picked up charcoal from crevices and ledges, which they believe are from pinewood torches that the Stone Age visitors carried.1992 October 20, Marlise Simons, “Stone Age Art Shows Penguins at Mediterranean”, in New York Times. From the entry pinewood
• She climbs out on a window ledge and threatens autodefenestration if the marriage isn't contracted, and is soon joined on the ledge by Jill.1986, “Rich Relations”, in New York Magazine, volume 19, number 18. From the entry autodefenestration
• Small ledges had been jackhammered at each end of the crater and timbers bolted into them, forming abutments of the bridge that was to come.1944, Ernie Pyle, chapter 6, in Brave Men, New York: Henry Holt, page 69. From the entry jackhammer
• A step or two upwards, then one to the right, and my exploring hand was able to touch a small, sloping, scree-covered ledge.1938, Frank S[ydney] Smythe, “The Mana Peak: The Reconnaissance”, in The Valley of Flowers, uniform edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton…. From the entry blondin
• MANSFIELD’s torso was now fully out over the ledge; his eyes stared unafraidly at the circular pit, which now looked so dreadfully close.1934 June, Milton R. Peril, “The Lost City”, in Amazing Stories, volume 9, number 2, chapter XIV (Doomed), page 32. From the entry unafraidly
• After the third water stop, the group took an extended break on what seemed to be a rock ledge while Ivan and the other man determined their next move.2014, Joe Buda, Pilgrims’ Passage: Into a New Millennium; Rebuilding the Past, page 771. From the entry water stop
• It's probably a good thing no one can see me since I'm hovering half on, half off the ledge, nine stories above Sixth Street, glowing all goldeny.2012, Lauren Wynn, Providence: On Angels' Wings, page 179. From the entry goldeny
• We decided to make our descent in two parts: a forty-foot rappel to a wide ledge followed by a thirty-foot ropeless scramble through a tight chute.2005, Ken Lamberton, Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison, University of Arizona Press, page 34. From the entry diaper harness
• At the same time, the Red Shirts could hear the Neapolitan officers telling their men to move forward and sweep the Italian patriots off their protecting ledge.1987, Herman J. Viola, Susan P. Viola, Giuseppe Garibaldi, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry red shirt
• The seep lay high up among the ledges, vadose water dripping down the slick black rock and monkeyflower and deathcamas hanging in a small perilous garden.1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, page 60. From the entry vadose

Meaning of ledge

1. noun A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
2. noun A shelf on which articles may be laid.
3. noun A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

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Questions about ledge in a sentence

How do you use ledge in a sentence?

Ledge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.”

What is a short sentence with ledge?

“I talk suicidal squirrels off the ledge.”

What does ledge mean?

Ledge means a narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.