Sentence examples for the spanner from inspiring English sources
noun
A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
- Pass me that spanner, Jake
Ah, yes – the spanner in every academic's life.
It was the softly spoken Mr Ingman who'd put the spanner in the works.
Can a mechanic actually reach a particular component to replace it, and is it physically possible to turn the spanner?
It's the party's right that unnecessarily threw the spanner in the works with this contrived coup and leadership challenge.
Then McGarry surfaced again, repeating her accusation with another screengrab of an apparent interaction between Rowling and the Spanner account.
Polls suggest that the Congress party is struggling badly against the BJP and that the only thing that might dent Mr Modi's march is the spanner-in-the-works arrival of the upstart Aam Aadmi party, which has been taking votes from both major parties.
In keeping with the Landy's up-for-anything image, adventurer Bear Grylls was among those wielding the spanners.
The spanners were to be scrapped as they were no longer needed.
"These days they aren't the guys with the spanners," said Paul Haskins. "They're the guys with the laptops".
