Sentence examples for powerful shafts from inspiring English sources

Two powerful shafts of light from ground zero pierced the murk; uptown the Empire State Building was crowned with a salmon glow.

The Roman poet begins his work (in Martin Ferguson Smith's careful rendering) with an ardent hymn to Venus: First, goddess, the birds of the air, pierced to the heart with your powerful shafts, signal your entry.

The stray bits of white light seen in parts two and three are gathered into a powerful shaft, and the cycle of murder and corruption is brought to a close.

An adjacent hut had been blown down, indicating a powerful blast had shot up the shaft.

The reedlike poles may not be as powerful as rotating propeller shafts but can be packed more tightly together.

In that way, laboring to find its own politics in the naive but powerful way the original did, "Shaft" becomes the United Nations of misanthropy.

Parsons alleviated this problem by his suggestion of fitting more powerful astern turbines on all four shafts which could increase maneuverability by reversing the turbines as needed.

His model utilizes a pump-shaft that levitates on powerful magnets, preserving stability even on rough roads.

One can create visually powerful spaces with hanging votives, translucent "clouds," shafts of light, sheets of cascading water or stark concrete walls that will all make fine memorials.

The ship was fitted with a powerful echo sounder The ship was powered by four Westinghouse geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam generated by 12 Yarrow boilers.

A jet engine is lighter, more powerful and simple than a piston engine, a shaft turning smoothly rather than a mass of valves, springs and parts banging back and forth.