Sentence examples for a spoke in from inspiring English sources
Calling himself just a "spoke in the wheel," Berkman, batting second, went 0 for 4 and marveled at the tenacity of his new teammates.
Like Mainwaring, he too has big dreams, leading a ragtag army of oddballs who regularly put a spoke in his wheel.
He says he was not a "key decision maker or a key source of setting credit policy" at Lehman, but more of "a spoke in the wheel".
Refn certainly made the right choice not to attempt anything even remotely close to a Drive 2. At the same time, he seems as much to have purposefully thrown a spoke in his own wheels as he's freely indulged himself.
A reporter spoke in my writing class.
He took a breath, then spoke in a hush.
A substantial proportion spoke in ways suggesting forces apart from the individual as causing poverty.
He spoke in a gentle voice, barely above a whisper.
She spoke in a small voice.
He spoke in a monotone, but colorfully.
He spoke in a rasping, draggy voice.
