Sentence examples for broken spokes from inspiring English sources

Broken or partially broken umbrellas can cause harm, such as poking yourself with broken spokes or poking other people.

The weavers are not structural, Mr. Catalini pointed out, which means they are easier to replace than broken spokes, which may support hundreds of weavers.

Have any broken spokes mended by a shoe repairer as quickly as possible, or the umbrella will not last.

I've had a flat tire, two broken spokes and a bent rear derailleur, which left me with only two very hard gears.

I was on the next diesel to the bike shop in Fort William, from where, after getting my broken spokes mended, I headed off again.

Any stiff or rigid object hitting the wheel may bend, loosen or break spokes.

To secure the sideline rock stars, there are lucrative buyouts that are the envy of every faculty member with a worn elbow patch and a broken bicycle spoke.

Just as a bicycle wheel gets wobbly if spokes are broken or missing, in a hub-and-spoke network each spoke depends on the other for strength and viability.

This arrangement contrasts with that of a type I erythrocruorin from Lumbricus terrestris in which the spokes are broken into two triple-stranded coiled coils with a disjointed connection.

One of them picked up the phone, while another who spoke in broken English told me, "One moment".

A wind rose plot may contain additional information, in that each spoke is broken down into color-coded bands that show wind direction ranges.