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How to use sander in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Sander means a person employed to sand wood. Example: “The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.”

Examples of sander by meaning

nounA machine to mechanize the process of sanding.

  • The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.2007 July 19, Virginia Heffernan, “A Congregation Gathers to Worship the Shiny Hot Rod”, in The New York Times

More sentences with sander

  • Sanders fails to consider nonconvention hotel demand, which varies from market to market.2015 September 15, Joe Gose, “Looking for Conventions, Cities Add Hotel Rooms”, in New York Times. From the entry nonconvention
  • Sanders' wife..is much more attractive than the legendary witches of hag-jowl and gobber-tooth.1970 April 25, San Mateo Times, California. From the entry gobber tooth
  • Sanders announce the birth of a daughter, Saturday, at Rutherford hospital, weighing 7½ lbs.1964 August 3, “Birth Announcement”, in The Daily News Journal, volume CXV, number 134, Murfreesboro, Tenn., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5. From the entry Valerina
  • Sanders says, enable corporations to “literally buy elections.”2019 August 25, Greg Weiner, “The Shallow Cynicism of ‘Everything Is Rigged’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry rigged
  • Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs.2016 January 30, “Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2020…. From the entry comical
  • Sander, who inherited the deal when he took over the authority in January, said he spoke yesterday to Daniel L.2007 February 14, William Neuman, “M.T.A. Says It Can’t Handle Cost Overruns on No. 7 Project”, in New York Times. From the entry unbudgeted
  • Sander is a sustainability wonk, too.2007 September 28, Robin Finn, “In Pursuit of a Better, if Costlier, Subway Ride”, in New York Times. From the entry floodproof
  • The compressor is mounted adjacent to the fuel tank and provides compressed air for operating the locomotive brakes, control gear, sanders and warning horns.1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 394. From the entry compressor
  • Two of the sanders break drive belts at the starting line, and two more are turtlesque which narrows the field quickly to four, setting up the final bracket.2009, Spike Carlsen, A Splintered History of Wood: Belt-Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats, Harper Perennial, pages 114-115. From the entry turtlesque
  • Compressed air is used for the operation of certain contactors, the sanders, the horn, and the re-fuelling equipment, but vacuum brakes are fitted to the locomotive.1951 January, “Diesel-Electric Branch-Line Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 71. From the entry compressed air

Meaning of sander

  1. noun A person employed to sand wood.
  2. noun A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.
  3. noun A device which spreads sand on the rails in wet, snowy, icy, slippery conditions to improve traction.

Full definition of sander

Questions about sander in a sentence

How do you use sander in a sentence?
Sander is used as a noun. For example: “The autophiles hang around a big, fluorescent-lighted garage with cars on cinder blocks, ostensibly in competition for a job, and they talk to the camera in between sessions at the sander or other machines.”
What is a short sentence with sander?
“Sander is a sustainability wonk, too.”
What does sander mean?
Sander means a person employed to sand wood.

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