Sentence examples for the crowbar from inspiring English sources
noun
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.
"I figured you musta been in the crowbar hotel".
It collapsed with the first touch of the crowbar.
So I take the crowbar and break into the offices".
"The crowbar we used to open them up was the tax evasion," he explains.
He put down the crowbar and picked up a heavier one.
So I took up the crowbar and the other man ran.
The crowbar can be supplied by any of a number of chemicals commonly used as pesticides.
"An apology that has [been] got out with the crowbar is not taken seriously.
"Clive... talk me through my proud erection," says Gerald, convening an office meeting about speed bumps, and you can virtually see the crowbar marks on the punchline.
During the second or third revolution of the wheel, the crowbar began to twist and bend; the free end had caught against the ballast and the crossties.
She reminds me very much of characters in Agatha Christie, and there are many handy murder weapons littering this narrative (the crowbar has already been mentioned).
