How to Use chain saw in a Sentence

chain saw

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  • Last year, the theater chain saw a 30 percent jump in box office revenue from the previous year, which came in ahead of the industry at large.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 June 2024
  • The female then quickly left the area in the car with the chain saw.
    — Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2020
  • The worker with the chain saw shook his head at the digging out left to do.
    — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2021
  • How to get rid of them: Never use a weed eater or a chain saw.
    — Judi Ketteler, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The chain saw became useless when its blade broke on nails in the floor.
    — SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Firehouse chain saw same-store sales growth of 4.2% in the quarter.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The snowmachine was parked and the chain saw was going.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • China is smoothing out the rough edges with a chain saw.
    — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The carburetor of my chain saw was on the workbench in 16 pieces when the call came in.
    — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
  • There was another noise in the distance, the sharp, piercing sound of a chain saw.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Police found Ford face up with a chain saw by his right foot and two knives nearby.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • By now her arms feel too exhausted to lift her chain saw, let alone make a cut.
    — Mary Beth McCauley, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Many of us that heat our houses with wood, even as a supplement, own a truck and a chain saw.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • The chain saw orders of the holiday treat peak last year, a press statement said.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Police officers moved in, arrested the activists, and the sound of a chain saw filled the air.
    — New York Times, 18 May 2022
  • Anyone with a chain saw and a ladder can call themselves a tree trimmer.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Police say Walden was sitting on a tree limb and using a chain saw to trim other limbs.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • In mid-October, Vale started cutting the branch with a 20-inch chain saw.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
  • One member, Leatherface (Gunnar Hansen) wears a mask made out of human skin and wields a chain saw.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 28 Oct. 2022
  • On a hot spring day here, cumbia beats played inside the discount store that served as the backdrop in viral videos of Peña revving his chain saw.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
  • On his commute to work, Jonah Gage strapped spikes to his boots and clipped his chain saw to his waist at the base of an 80-foot cottonwood tree.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Abel, for example, sees a local mayor get strapped to a piano and cut in half with a chain saw.
    — Matthew Adams, Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The man dropped his chain saw, but the homeowner tackled him another quarter of a mile to the west, near Holy Cross Catholic Church and its school.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
  • Before lifting the tree onto the stand, workers used a chain saw to make a fresh cut at the base and then drilled a hole in the center of the base for the spike that will help hold it in place.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Bobby Lewis, 62, worked with his chain saw to clear a tree blocking Furniss Avenue, just a couple of blocks from the Goodwill store.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The stock saw uses a standard chain saw to slice two cookies from a horizontal log.
    — Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2022
  • There's nothing more satisfying than revving up a chain saw and clearing a mess.
    — Annette Sisco, NOLA.com, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The chain saw can remain running when the switch is on the off position or turn on when plugged in, posing an injury hazard to the user.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Captured in a viral video, he could be seen chasing the protesters away with a chain saw, yelling racial slurs over the frightening buzz.
    — James Dobbins, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2020
  • His voice was soon drowned out by a buzzing chain saw as the members of his crew sliced into the tree trunk, revealing the orange flames that were hollowing it out.
    — Erin Ailworth, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2018

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