Shaft has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | This shaft links with a piston. | |
| 2. | His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business. | |
| 3. | You are in a narrow rocky shaft. There is some light shining from far above. Below you is the cave you started in. What do you do now? | |
| 4. | If the torque is too high, the shaft might break. That's why we are using a shear splint as a torque limiter. | |
| 5. | When Robin was a youth of eighteen, the Sheriff of Nottingham proclaimed a shooting match and offered a prize of a butt of ale to whosoever should shoot the best shaft in Nottinghamshire. | |
| 6. | From here, you can look down the elevator shaft. | |
| 7. | The "lead" of the pencil is actually a mixture of graphite, clay and wax with a binder that seals the lead in the wooden shaft. | |
| 8. | I wouldn't buy that used car. It has a broken crank shaft. | |
| 9. | Then again / a third tall shaft I grasp, with sinewy strain / and firm knees pressed against the sandy ground; / when O! shall tongue make utterance or refrain? / forth from below a dismal, groaning sound / heaves, and a piteous voice is wafted from the mound: | |
| 10. | The camera was lowered into the shaft. |