Sentence examples for railroad tie from inspiring English sources
noun
A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.
He pointed to a railroad tie and kept going.
Trout was hewn from a railroad tie and is 5 feet long.
And the final task is carrying seven items over a mock railroad tie before dumping them into the container.
Ortiz, Sanchez, and Hernandez sat on a railroad tie at the camp's edge, near the highway, debating what they were about to do.
There is the work's certainty that Escape and Transcendence — across one suspended railroad tie at a time — is basically a normative day for most of us on earth.
In eighth grade she invented a railroad tie made out of recycled plastic and granite dust, an achievement that got her to the top 30 in a national science competition for middle school students.
A kitchen counter was made from old railroad ties.
Steel beams snapped like chicken bones, railroad ties went airborne.
The central walkway here is made of railroad ties.
Another important product made by sawing, and sometimes by hewing, is railroad ties.
