How to Use manhole in a Sentence

manhole

noun
  • The men emerged through a manhole, and then stole a car.
    Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2016
  • The ravine runs across half of the street from the manhole cover to the sidewalk.
    John Thompson, ajc, 2 July 2017
  • The young man in black climbed down the manhole’s footholds and flicked on a penlight.
    Suzanne Sataline, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The sewage is dumped into pipes there, through the manholes.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The manhole fire caused smoke to drift across the downtown area, Weaver said.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2022
  • About two-thirds of the way up the block in the near, downtown lane was a manhole cover.
    Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Ravi Lala, 47, helped one of the Eversource men in the manhole.
    Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • He had been pulled into the drainage system and emerged out of a manhole.
    Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The trucks suck sewage out of manholes and drive to parts of the sewer system that aren’t already full.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The man climbs out of a manhole, as if sneaking into her dream.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 15 Jan. 2021
  • That’s the sound of someone stepping on the manhole cover above.
    Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Same for the many drains and manhole covers on the innermost lane.
    Diana Budds, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Just make sure to talk to a park ranger before attempting to open the manhole.
    Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Once inside, Greene could see the sewer pipes that run in and out of the manhole and spotted Snowball in the pipe that runs to the street.
    Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 11 May 2020
  • Loennecker assisted the children out of the tube and up and out of the manhole.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
  • A dog named Frank met a loose manhole cover Monday, and things didn’t go so well.
    Don Sweeney, sacbee, 1 May 2017
  • Milton Berle’s car stalled over a manhole cover, which then blew with the force of a geyser and ruined his car.
    Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Tire marks were shown on the grass, at one point crossing over a storm water manhole just a few feet from crash site.
    Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021
  • There were comedic, staged views, like one showing a maid sneaking out of her house via manhole to see her lover.
    Clive Thompson, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Sewage spilled out of manholes on Bryan Place, and 6,750 gallons of sewage entered storm drains to the New River, the city reported to the state.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Block and Philpot streets were home to the Lacy Foundry, which made street lamp poles and manhole covers, and to other plants that turned out paint and shellac.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • So, all these manhole covers were pulled off in this alley.
    CBS News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Sewage lapped over the top of manhole covers, streaming into the roads after heavy rains.
    Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • County crews started repair work at the manhole April 10 and closed the trail segment around May 1.
    Jon Bleiweis, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2017
  • The blast lifted 100-pound manhole covers into the air and broke up the street into chunks the size of furniture.
    Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • The crash took place quite quickly after the men left the driveway, the car running off the road, jumping a curb, hitting a manhole and then a tree.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • City workers took the manhole covers off to try to mitigate some of the flooding.
    Mohammed Kloub, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The video from the rescue shows the firefighters using straps to pull the deer – who has a blanket over his face — out of the sewer through a manhole near the storm drain.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The studio also released a photo of the cast in their costumes gathered around a manhole looking down.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In Wilton Manors, resident Boyd Corbin reported seeing sewage bubbling out of manhole covers in the street.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024

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