into a/the shaft

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

Indicates movement from outside to inside a shaft.

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Examples (10)

  • He accidentally fell into the shaft during the excavation.
  • The rescue team carefully lowered a camera into the narrow shaft.
  • Miners use a hoist to send materials into the mine shaft.
  • She cautiously peered into the dark shaft below, trying to see its depth.
  • Water began to pour into the ventilation shaft after the heavy storm.
  • They had to climb into the deep shaft to inspect the damage.
  • A heavy object was accidentally dropped into the abandoned shaft.
  • The engineers planned to build an access tunnel into the main shaft.
  • Light streamed into the vertical shaft from an opening above.
  • The divers plunged into the water-filled shaft to explore the underwater cave system.