How to Use heavy chain in a Sentence

heavy chain

noun

• Young went to the bench to sit down, no doubt tired by the heavy chain.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• For docking or heavy conditions, add a length of heavy chain equal to the length of the boat.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• Llamas, camels, and sharks all use only a pair of heavy chains.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 5 Nov. 2018
• A few weeks later, debt collectors locked the doors with a heavy chain.
  — Dan Levin, New York Times, 10 July 2018
• As the anchor drags across the bottom, the heavy chain forces the anchor shaft down and pushes the flukes into the bottom.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• Goff uses sandbags and knows of growers who rely on heavy chains.
  — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
• As with the cemetery in Tunis, the gates of Bassatine were locked with a heavy chain and the graveyard was surrounded by a wall, this one at least 12 feet high.
  — Michael David Lukas, New York Times, 8 June 2018
• Trident has taken steps to manage that pile, such as dragging the seafloor with heavy chains or pipes to push it back under one acre, Gebhardt said.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2018
• Anyone who knows the significance of the November 1938 date on the Buck Hill bunker or that of the heavy chain nearby may contact this column.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2021
• Nobody, however, denies that the heavy chain was used as punishment by an all-white group of instructors on a Black cadet.
  — USA Today, 14 Apr. 2021
• Harvesting is the hardest part of the job, requiring the cutter to bend over with a heavy chain saw to sever the trunk 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) or less above the ground, said Daniel Garibay, a Hupp Farms employee.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
• One of the city’s stock characters was the fearless bicycle messenger, wearing a heavy chain lock around the waist and whipping through traffic with supreme confidence.
  — Steven Higashide, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2018
• The typical ax-throwing arenas and target lanes are walled off with heavy chain-link fencing, and trained staff accompany patrons at all times.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2018
• Signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott last year, the bill requires owners to provide their outdoor pets access to drinking water, food and protection during inclement weather and bans the use of unsafe restraints and heavy chain tethers.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024