How do you use Hacksaw in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like saw, plus the exact meaning.
Hacksaw in a sentence
Hacksaw meaning
A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
Synonyms of Hacksaw
Using Hacksaw
- The main meaning on this page is: A saw, with a blade that is put under tension, for cutting metal
- Useful related words include: hack saw, metal saw, saw.
- In the example corpus, hacksaw often appears in combinations such as: hacksaw ridge.
Context around Hacksaw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hacksaw
- In this selection, "hacksaw" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, whips, famer, mask, ridge, torn and hatchets stand out and add context to how "hacksaw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and jack hacksaw reynolds tackled and christ and hacksaw ridge with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hacksaw" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hacksaw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The couple then sold Mr Shotton's phone and shoplifted a hacksaw together, the court heard. (16 words)
And yeah, more than once I’ve wanted to prescribe myself a hacksaw from the hardware store. (17 words)
She had sawn the butt and barrel off the rifle with a hacksaw the morning before the shooting. (18 words)
According to a report published by on Tuesday, police investigators in the nearby city of Peabody found materials including “a hacksaw, torn-up cloth material and what appears to be bloodstains” in a trash bin in the city. (38 words)
Investigators found blood and a bloody knife in the basement of the Walshes’ home and police later recovered a hatchet, a hacksaw and trash bags with blood from a waste facility, WBZ-TV reported. (34 words)
The prosecution said a search conducted in their residence by the police led to the retrieval of one face mask, hacksaw blade, two machetes and a wig in Mensah's room. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
According to a report published by on Tuesday, police investigators in the nearby city of Peabody found materials including “a hacksaw, torn-up cloth material and what appears to be bloodstains” in a trash bin in the city.
Investigators found blood and a bloody knife in the basement of the Walshes’ home and police later recovered a hatchet, a hacksaw and trash bags with blood from a waste facility, WBZ-TV reported.
One famous case was that of Rowland Bowen, a renowned cricket historian who used a hacksaw, a hammer and a chisel to remove his perfectly healthy right leg in 1968.
Police then found a hacksaw, hatchets, parts of a rug, used cleaning supplies and bloody trash bags in dumpsters at the Peabody transfer station on the other side of Boston.
He whips Hacksaw across the back a few times, and Duggan lets out some sort of “Hooo” prototype to Hulk up, and he starts laying into Sawyer with punches.
The couple then sold Mr Shotton's phone and shoplifted a hacksaw together, the court heard.
CS: You’ve composed heavy dramas such as The Passion of the Christ and Hacksaw Ridge with Mel Gibson, and then also lighter fare like Ice Age and Hocus Pocus.
Nathaniel Buzolic, right, even played American while shooting Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge in his hometown with Andrew Garfield and Hugo Weaving.
She had sawn the butt and barrel off the rifle with a hacksaw the morning before the shooting.
WWE Hall of Famer “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, 65, was hospitalized on Friday due to an undisclosed medical issue, according to PWInsider.
And yeah, more than once I’ve wanted to prescribe myself a hacksaw from the hardware store.
The prosecution said a search conducted in their residence by the police led to the retrieval of one face mask, hacksaw blade, two machetes and a wig in Mensah's room.
But San Francisco cornerback Ronnie Lott and linebackers Bunz and Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds tackled him for no gain, giving the ball back to the 49ers.
Common combinations with hacksaw
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: