Sentence examples for plank against from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush repeated his position that the Republican platform's plank against abortion should remain intact.

Obama's full-frontal assault on American racism as a presidential candidate should include a plank against religious intolerance.

Lean a wooden plank against the side of the bucket.

Certainly it would, and yet I bet that this week in every city on the planet an actor or actress is doing just that; walking the plank, standing against the executioner's wall, dancing on the rim of the volcano.

Elsewhere in the galleries a 1965 Kay Sekimachi woven piece floats like a phantasmagoric undersea creature, while John McCracken's solitary green plank leans against a wall close to a spectral female plaster figure by Manuel Neri, a dirt-on-paper work by David Ireland and a bronze self-portrait, with tongue sticking out, by Robert Arneson.

If you're lucky, your floor squeaks arise from the wood planks rubbing against one another.

Set on a rustic wooden-plank stage against a post-Impressionist backdrop of a changeable sky (Hugh Landwehr is the designer), Mr. O'Reilly's production tends to strikes single emotional notes instead of chords.

"We're moving in this Friday," Mr. Du said with conviction, despite the missing ceiling tiles, the wooden planks leaning against the walls and the whine of the power saw.

Look for oddly placed wooden planks leaning against low walls or ramps near the edges of a rooftop car park.

The birchbark canoes had a thin plank lining held against the inside of the bark cover by an extensive framing of ribs forced under the gunwale.

A counter-terrorism official described the arrests as part of a 'new plank' of attack against Islamic terrorists in Britain, one that targets their 'upstream' activities.