Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sills
Noun
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The fire is spotting ahead of itself in mulch piles and making runs across levees that are in place.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 2025 -
Now, there are piles of them back at the house.—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Dec. 2024
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From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The trees were then loaded on a trailer and taken to Clarksville, where they were sold to a lumber dealer, the release said.—
Katie Nixon,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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For example, one-quarter of the country's available lumber supply comes from Canada, and could be subject to a 15% levy.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
19 June 2025
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“Sills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sills. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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