Examples of pole in a Sentence
Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
Rosenqvist will start his final race for his home of three years, where his job so often seemed to be in question, on pole after edging Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin by less than one-hundredth of a second (0.0097 seconds) in Saturday’s qualifying session for the season-finale at Laguna Seca.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Sep. 2023
For the September 10, game, parking restrictions are in place from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Look for signs attached to posts, poles and parking meters in those areas affected by the restrictions.
—Peter Chakerian, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
But the octagons and poles forming this sculpture were sourced from aluminum tables and seats used in prison visiting rooms.
—Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
The world has been warmer before, but that was prior to human civilization, seas were much higher, and the poles were not icy.
—Jamey Keaten and Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
After passing another car in a curve, their vehicle left the road, hit two power poles and overturned near the intersection with Linwood Avenue.
—Alexis Stevens, ajc, 6 Sep. 2023
Calhoun, at the Southeast Arkansas Regional Library, said their fishing poles are often borrowed during summer for kids who are either on break or visiting grandparents.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2023
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
Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English pāl stake, pole, from Latin palus stake; akin to Latin pangere to fix — more at pact
Noun (2)
Middle English, from Latin polus, from Greek polos pivot, pole; akin to Greek pelesthai to become, Sanskrit carati he moves, wanders — more at wheel
Noun (3)
German, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish Polak Pole, Polska Poland, pole field
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1573, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pole. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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Old English pāl "stake, pole"
Noun
Middle English pool "axis of the earth," from Latin polus (same meaning), from Greek polos "pivot, pole"
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