How to Use spoke in a Sentence

spoke

noun
  • The stick got caught in the wheel's spokes.
  • Use a brush to get into the grooves and wheel spokes.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • Keep an eye out for debris on the ground that can catch spokes, chains and tires.
    Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Capital is the spoke around which the wheel of progress turns.
    Michael McMullen, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Getting there may require some more spokes.
    Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Williams says, with the strings extending out like the spokes of a wheel.
    Helen Carefoot, Twin Cities, 15 July 2019
  • Tie four lengths of black yarn to the wreath, spaced evenly, to create eight spokes.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Are wheels with a special finish or fancy spokes right for you?
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Shawn was the hub of a bicycle wheel and his writers were the spokes.
    Ben Yagoda, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
  • However, one of the spokes fell off after the golf ball test.
    Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Spiders had built webs between the wooden spokes on the wheels.
    Pam Mandel, Longreads, 5 June 2018
  • Each spoke of their records hiring diverse staff and fighting for equal rights.
    Patrick McGreevy, latimes.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The wheels were striking, with five split spokes forming a plump star pattern.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 28 July 2017
  • The poles are coils shaped like tubes, which point outward from the hub of the rotor like so many spokes on a wheel.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2017
  • Another spoke of being pushed hard against a wall and breaking a tooth.
    Tim Bradner, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Where was God when Blue took a piss on Mongoose with the mag spokes?
    Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Kids will absolutely will not be putting these things into his bike spokes.
    Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • All of those spokes are important to the wheel but the road to the stadium is paved with fans.
    Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 21 July 2023
  • The spokes appear as the planet gets close to its equinox where the rings are tilted toward the sun.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Both men grew up in the city and spoke of this frequently in their public addresses.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • For each web, arrange 8 pretzel sticks like the spokes of a wheel with ends touching in center.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Every freeze puts a stick in the spoke of the wheel of credit data that has spun far out of control for far too long.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The 6-year-old spoke of another instance where Davitt touched her groin over her clothes.
    Perry Vandell, azcentral, 14 Jan. 2020
  • As the sun hits the lake water, the steam rising up pushes a series of lightweight spokes in the wheel.
    John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 26 Sep. 2017
  • The event is an organizing tool around which the campaign revolves, like the hub and spokes of a wheel.
    David M. Drucker, Washington Examiner, 24 Jan. 2020
  • This guarantees some space between the derailleur and spokes, even in the lowest gear.
    Tyghe Trimble, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The spokes were canted from the hub for an interesting effect.
    Emma Jayne Williams, star-telegram, 19 May 2018
  • Code requires side-yard property lines on a cul-de-sac to run like the spokes of a wheel toward the center.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • As Cassini discovered, the rings have kinks, spokes and ripples.
    Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The spokes are fitted to a conventional-looking tread around the outside of the wheel.
    The Economist, 14 June 2019

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