Sentence examples for broken axle from inspiring English sources

The decay of highways, bridges, waterworks, electric grids, railways, and communication networks, amid budgetary constraints and misaligned incentives, may be of much greater consequence than a rash of flat tires and broken axle shafts on Francis Lewis Boulevard, but the same principle pertains: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

One of Forrest's Howitzers was put out of action with a broken axle.

Although he made several attempts to get the car pointed in the right direction, the broken axle prevented the car from driving straight.

The prospect of leaving while unable to see these huge holes could mean getting stuck, a broken axle, or worse.

Instead a broken axle on one of the trains caused it to derail and fall into the path of the other oncoming train, he said.

Out of nine buses inspected in the last fiscal year, only one was cited, for mechanical problems including a broken axle and an exhaust system leak.

Six weeks following him — on the road and off, as he encountered broken axles, broken contracts and more — revealed the challenges of this new path.

… I don't think it had broken axles before".

Curious about such a major component failure, he searched the agency's Web site and found hundreds of reports of broken axles.

There were midnight dust storms, two-hour waits at fueling stops, broken axles and bumper-to-bumper military traffic on jarringly primitive roads through hostile territory.

The crowdsourced news site pushed out a major new design at the end of August which met with a lot of criticism and broken axles.