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How to use levered in a sentence

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They heard the stiff bolt of the back-door scringing as she levered it back.
Wincing in pain, she levered her leg up onto a branch and leaned back, trying to regain her strength for her final run.
In doing this, I levered a rock quickly out from the top section and watched it plummet towards my right foot.
He had the rolling gait of a sailor, one arm levered out to counterbalance the weight of the blanketed bundle burdening the other.
Once inside, the lock was broken on the church door, which was levered open.
That's because highly levered businesses suffer in downturns as debt service eats into margins, and increases the risk of default.
Barrett was the fulcrum on which the game levered Tinryland's way in the first half.
Cath's face grew apprehensive as she gathered her crutches and levered herself upright.
Quickly, Sara levered herself upright against the wall, staring fearfully at the screaming man before her.
Once in his stall, as soon as Adam had removed his saddle, he sank carefully to his knees and levered his body down into the straw, grunting bravely.
He levered himself off the wall and walked to the head of the bed.
He wearily levered himself in and sat awhile watching the street.
She bore him down and levered herself atop him, fastening to him like a leech, scissoring his legs with her own and wrapping one arm around his neck.
I shouldered my Mountie and as I levered my action I saw the cottontail tumble before me.
In woodturning, hand tools are braced against the tool rest and levered into the workpiece.
Suddenly he had levered himself up from the sofa, rocking the lame man violently, and was walking towards the receptionist.
Someone found a pick and levered a burst plank out of the floor, and in a few minutes we had got a fire alight and our drenched clothes were steaming.
In metal spinning, the further pin ascends vertically from the tool rest and serves as a fulcrum against which tools may be levered into the workpiece.
Examples from Classical Literature
This boat had a high and heavy boiler, which made the work harder, as it levered her down.
The driver did as he was bade willingly enough, and Haigh nipped down and levered out the stone with his knife.
I reached the chart table, almost falling over my leaden feet, seized a short permal T-square, and levered the cover up.
Ruthven levered himself out of his chair, his solid bulk stretching his uniform coveralls.
Travis drew a deep breath which was almost a sob, levered himself up on one elbow to stare intently down into the enemy camp.
It was Rodman, too, who before the game had discovered and levered away a small boulder, hidden near one of the goal posts.
He levered the bolts into place and spun the expensive combination lock.
Finally he worked it under, and levered away gently for fear of breaking the hook.
He levered his great bulk off the desk, upon which he had sat while he announced the doom of the planet.
He levered onto his side, a joint at a time, and began to climb the beam.
My popularity has levered those two poor little pictures off.
Challenger levered his bulky figure slowly out of his chair.
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