Crane means Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like stretch or constellation.
Crane in a sentence
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Crane meaning
- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
- Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
- A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
Example sentences (20)
Portelli hit back at critics of his stunt in which a crane lifted a sports car into his penthouse luxury apartment.
Construction, which began this summer, has benefited from donations of materials and equipment, including a crane.
Local MSP Angela Constance (above) promised to press the head of the wider local authority about Crane’s membership.
Bank of Nova Scotia reduced its position in Crane () by 8.7% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports.
In Wisconsin, the strong rebound of the sandhill crane population has led to calls for the state to allow a hunt.
New York State Common Retirement Fund’s holdings in Crane were worth $8,201,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Such a detailed picture of floral evolution was “unimaginable before Professor Friis began her work,” Crane said.
Doing work down there is a punishingly slow process, and if the single crane breaks, everything comes to a standstill.
Deputy chief minister Devendra Fandavis added on X that the crane collapse was ‘very sad and heart-wrenching’.
The fire service sends up a crane cage for the man to get into so that he can be brought to the ground safely.
Cody Fisher was fatally stabbed on Boxing Day at the Crane nightclub on Adderley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham.
One day, her mother brings a six-foot-tall crane home with her, a menacing bird that forces her mother to bend to his will.
Among the models on display were truck tractors, a dump truck for agricultural purposes, a garbage truck, a crane and a bus.
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Crane by 8.0% in the 1st quarter.
Customers are also invited to have a blast operating the mini excavator and mini crane, or enjoy more in the recreation area.
And why he famously says to Seneca Crane in “The Hunger Games” that he does not like an underdog; Lucy Gray was that underdog.
That includes all six new members (Elijah Crane, Anna Paulina Luna, Mike Collins, Josh Brecheen, Harriet Hageman, Andy Ogles).
Another weekend, another tower crane arrives in Birmingham's bustling city centre ready to help build Three Chamberlain Square.
As smoke billows from the building behind him, with flames visible, he climbs onto a crane-lifted-cage.
At the end, Jagger appears in a giant crane above the audience, still gyrating to the music below him.
Common combinations with crane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the crane 30×
- crane was 14×
- of crane 10×
- crane and 10×
- crane operator 9×
- crane by 9×
- in crane 9×
- crane is 7×
- crane to 7×
- crane in 5×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word crane. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.