Stump in example sentence

I felled a cedar-tree, and I question much whether Solomon ever had such a one for the building of the Temple of Jerusalem; it was five feet ten inches diameter at the lower part next the stump, and four feet eleven inches diameter at the end of twenty-two feet; after which it lessened for a while, and then parted into branches.

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The stump or cast prosthesis was made, and he was starting the real physical rehabilitation.

So I had to wield my paralyzed arm like a stump and cover the numbers as I went along and pushed them, so that as I would come back to normal reality, I'd be able to tell, "Yes, I've already dialed that number."

My third graders had to research and write a stump speech for their chosen candidate: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John McCain.

The soul of a fallen native being brought to life in a tree stump with a scowl on its face.

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