How to Use crowbar in a Sentence

crowbar

noun
  • The door was swollen shut and workers used crowbars to open it.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, The Seattle Times, 24 Sep. 2018
  • This is a bit more work than taking a crowbar to a dead hard drive.
    — Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018
  • The crowbar is kept in her bedroom in case her closed door needs to be pried open.
    — oregonlive.com, 9 July 2019
  • Logs with spikes that couldn’t be pulled with a crowbar were split and burned for firewood.
    — Author: Roger Kaye, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2020
  • Sailors hacked at debris with an ax, crowbars and a pulley to free the two men.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Police say the burglar was armed with a crowbar.
    — Rick Montanez, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Police said he was already armed with a crowbar.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • Aitkens took three or four good whacks before there was enough purchase for a crowbar.
    — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Tears rolled down her cheeks as the whirring of chain saws and the pops of crowbars echoed through the forest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Jared Luecke grabbed a crowbar and knife from his bedroom, court records said.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The first time, the thief used a crowbar to open the locked smoker and ruined the doors.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The man with the crowbar was about 25-30 years old with a slim build.
    — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018
  • This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Oversized crowbars bend wood for a piano’s rim.
    — Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • When pulled over, police found a crowbar, face mask, rope, and handcuffs in his car.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2019
  • The actor is then shown using a crowbar and breaking down a wall.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But the man then quickly turned back and ran at Braley with the crowbar raised.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The men broke in through the back door, then used crowbars to get past a security gate.
    — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • Someone walking around in the dark with a flashlight and crowbar?
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Hussein watched the man with the crowbar lean over Nizar’s bed and lift the blanket.
    — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
  • One of the areas has crowbars and smashed electronics.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
  • In the show, this outfit was accompanied by a face mask and a crowbar.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2019
  • The occupant struck one of the males with a crowbar and the two fled empty-handed.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The witness chased a man carrying a crowbar to the next parking lot.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Then, out of nowhere, after I had been stuck there for an hour, the claw of a crowbar appeared.
    — Tracy Kahn, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Insert a crowbar and a long-shaft screwdriver between the tire and the rim.
    — Car and Driver, 11 July 2020
  • The woman believes someone used a crowbar to enter her house as pry marks were found on the door.
    — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2021
  • As the man raised the crowbar again, looking at the crowd in front of him, Stout moved in from behind.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • Police used a crowbar to break the shed’s lock and found Elliott in the pit crying.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 14 June 2018
  • Bailey was struck twice in the head with the crowbar, according to troopers.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2020

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