Awl in a sentence

Awl meaning

1. A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
2. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

Using Awl

• The main meaning on this page is: A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. | Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
• Useful related words include: hand tool.

Context around Awl

• Average sentence length in these examples: 16 words
• Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Awl

• In this selection, "awl" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, stock, eurobodalla and led stand out and add context to how "awl" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include awl led all and awl stock declined. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "awl" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.