How to Use pole in a Sentence

pole

1 of 2 verb

• The painting shows one such traverse, the bargees poling the barge across the river.
  — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
• To come so close to pole marked another step in Hamilton’s recent upswing in form.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 June 2026
• The guide will pole the skiff along on the shallow flats from a platform at the back of the boat, while the angler stands ready to cast from the front.
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
• Four full-sky surveys are planned over two years, as the telescope circles the globe from pole to pole 400 miles up.
  — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
• Aitken had already lost Le Mans pole to a contentious stewards’ ruling.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 16 June 2026
• But a post-session penalty dropped Aitken to 10th place and boosted Vanthoor to pole.
  — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• The Dane’s lap then put him to pole, with the Mexican driver, still searching for his first pole of the year.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2023
• Beyond Gatun the river current was stronger, and the boatmen needed all their strength to pole the bungos upstream.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2020
• His plan is to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe from east to west and pole to pole without the help of motors, sails, or solar energy.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2014
• This array of trash-picker-uppers includes fishing rods, extra-long slotted spoons, and grabber poles up to 30 feet long.
  — Owen Clarke, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
• Vonn had registered the fastest time at the first checkpoint and then landed a jump off balance, lifted her left arm and pole high into the air in an attempt to regain her balance.
  — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
• Wiseman recounted a moment that captivated the entire crew — seeing the Earth from pole to pole, even spotting the northern lights.
  — Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
• But, at the end of the day, finishing first in your respective conference goes a long way for the voting party, which Denver has seemingly done pole to pole this season.
  — Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
• First, an explanation of the underlying poling data, which Franklin pulled together for this story.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
• Being an island at a reasonably high latitude means rockets can launch north over uninhabited ocean, entering into orbit from pole to pole around our planet.
  — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
• Years of poling clients to victory in his skiff kept his schedule booked nearly every day with anglers wanting to catch one of the Keys’ cherished sportfish — bonefish, permit or tarpon.
  — Patrick Farrell, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2024
• But a fun trek from pole to pole on the Panamericana remains agonizingly out of reach, thanks to a dense tropical forest on the Panama-Colombia border.
  — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Jan. 2017
• The first mission to orbit an outer planet from pole to pole, Juno is armored with a titanium radiation vault to help protect it against Jupiter’s intense radiation belts.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Columbia, then Rodinia and most recently Pangea, which formed about 335 million years ago, stretching from pole to pole along the longitudes of the mid-Atlantic.
  — Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2020
• Chase Elliott also featured prominently in the qualifying session, dominating the final practice by setting the fastest time and winning the first qualifying heat from pole to pole.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
• The boys pole vaulters kept the crowd around late as San Dieguito’s Dylan Yarbrough and Torrey Pines’ Tyler Suhar each cleared 16 feet, 1 inch.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
• The telegraph-poling parties found traces of gold in the stony hills around Pine Creek, south of Darwin, and in 1872 gold-prospecting parties began to arrive through Port Darwin.
  — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
• The textbooks currently state that Jupiter is 88,846 miles (142,984 kilometers) across at its equator, and 83,082 miles (133,708 km) from pole to pole.
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
• Although Cadillac beat Ferrari to pole here in 2025, there is a wide expectation ahead of the race that a different manufacturer could triumph in Hypercar for the first time since 2022, when Toyota triumphed.
  — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 11 June 2026

Pole

2 of 2 noun

• Still, for the Pole, that was not the point.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026
• The flag there will be moved by air forced out at the top of the pole.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
• The pole seemed to remind her of the rod fused to her own spine.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2024
• Describe the trip up to the Pole.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• Most rooms at the Pole are singles.
  — Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
• There’s a toy called a flirt pole that’s like a big giant cat toy.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024
• Our streetlights are out and poles haven’t been painted in years.
  — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
• He was sentenced to be hanged, and to have his head displayed on a pole.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• For the rest of the porch floor, use a roller brush on an extension pole.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2023
• It's called the Pesky Pole for a reason!
  — Michael Hurley, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
• The whole North Pole team was deeply concerned, in fact.
  — Lauren Ashley Bishop, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
• Two main structural poles cross to create a dome shape that is strong and easy to set up.
  — Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Last night around 2 someone ripped our Pride flag and pole off the house.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• The poles are supposed to hold the lines, the lines are not supposed to hold up the poles.
  — Alexandra Koch, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
• The officer parked her patrol car in the area and got a catch pole.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
• Google street view images of poles taken before the fire show the bare wire.
  — Jennifer McDermott, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
• Roberts and three other hunters secured her bear to a game pole and hiked it a mile out of the woods.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
• So grab a chainsaw and drop an acre or two of pole timber on the ground where the deer can reach the tops.
  — Craig Dougherty, Outdoor Life, 6 Feb. 2013
• Cruz tried sticking the fish with a flying gaff but hit it square in the bill, breaking the pole.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
• Less solid ice at the poles, then, means more mass around the equator — Earth’s waist.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• The team to correctly stack the entire tower of reels on the pole first wins.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• The elk headed back for the pole thickets in the higher country.
  — Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2020
• Hands are tanned except across the back of the wrists, which are sheltered from the sun by hiking pole straps.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 25 July 2023
• Chansley entered the Capitol with a six-foot pole topped with a spear tip.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• The biggest gains came from the parties at the partisan poles.
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2025
• Pole and ground stakes offer the ultimate tiki torch vibe.
  — ABC News, 23 May 2026
• Pole mounts are a good option for anglers that may not have a trolling motor — like kayak anglers.
  — Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026
• Poles fitted with infrared laser readers stand in the corners.
  — ABC News, 11 May 2026
• The vehicle then hit with a light pole and a guardrail causing the car to roll over, state police said.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
• Once he's gone, wait until midnight when the village is asleep and climb the pole to remove the top.
  — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025