Sentence examples for dropping sand from inspiring English sources

He added, "Somebody has talked about dropping sand in there, et cetera".

In the ensuing days, helicopters flew sorties over the reactor, dropping sand to impede the fire and boron to slow the ongoing reaction.

In areas without electrical power lines, balloons can "drag rope" for many kilometres at a time without having to drop sand or release gas.

I remember seeing one land on the riverside, where I used to go fishing with my grandfather, and fly to the power plant to drop sand on the burning reactor.

Try not to drop sand dollars or handle them roughly.

Because of this, Chaudhary said, many people end up dropping their sand mining complaints.

Then, you drop the sand and that's all the people who make it to the next level.

Drop large sand bags from helicopters to plug the levees -- closing the barn door after the horse has run off.

Railroad locomotives drop angular sand onto the rails in front of their wheels as they brake, to improve traction.

The Mississippi as seen from Ed Drager's tug boat is a river in retreat: a giant beached barge is stranded where the water dropped, with sand bars springing into view.

The Phoenicians at the Siege of Tyre (332 BC) dropped burning sand down on the attacking Greeks, which got in behind the armour and burned the flesh.