Definition of PILE DRIVER

Examples of pile driver in a Sentence

He hit a pile driver into the net from 20 yards out.

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Buy Photo The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Blackwood firm for safety violations in the death of a pile driver at a construction site on the Camden waterfront in September. — Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, "Feds cite South Jersey firm in death of ex-boxer David Bey in Camden construction accident," 30 Mar. 2018 But his memoir, like Guo’s, also captures a China where the syncopation of pile drivers only adds to the drumbeat of national optimism. — Hannah Beech, New York Times, "Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor," 2 Feb. 2018 With labor gangs, mechanized excavators, pile drivers, dredges and dynamite, the largest single infrastructure project in New Orleans history progressed steadily over the next 15 months. — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, "The radical idea of connecting the river to the lake: Industrial Canal was an engineering marvel," 9 Jan. 2018 Saturday’s good times make up for the rest of the week’s hard work and hangover in this song by Mr. Bartholomew, as Domino’s piano triplets become a pile driver. — Jon Pareles, New York Times, "Fats Domino Songs: Listen to 12 Essential Tracks," 25 Oct. 2017 Read it and realize that the bulldozers and pile drivers are probably not too far away. — James Warren, The Hive, "The Massive, Botched Land Grab Behind Trump’s Border Wall," 14 Dec. 2017 With Trump still promising the wall, Vidaurri figures it’s only a matter of time until Homeland Security arrives with bulldozers and pile drivers. — T. Christian Miller, Propublica, Kiah Collier And Julian Aguilar, star-telegram, "How federal government seized property for border fence | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 14 Dec. 2017 The pages that follow introduce children to the thrill of bulldozers, graders, skippers, excavators, cranes and pile drivers. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Review: The Best New Children’s Books," 8 Dec. 2017 At Tennessee, Vols fans have butchered Butch Jones since Georgia delivered a pile driver in a 41-0 rout last Saturday at Neyland Stadium. — Andrew Astleford, ajc, "Dreaming of Chip Kelly? If your team can’t be fixed fast, forget it," 4 Oct. 2017

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