How to Use shoveler in a Sentence

shoveler

noun
  • Too much snow, not enough shovelers.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
  • With more snow on the way, the need for volunteer shovelers isn't ending.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As the first shift of volunteers trudged back to their cars, a fresh wave of eager shovelers filed in past them.
    — Jalen Wright, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • His slick social media videos helped recruit thousands of new snow shovelers as a storm bore down on the city.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In the event those steps don't work, human snow shovelers can be lifted into position to do the work.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2018
  • On Saturday, the city put out a call for emergency snow shovelers ahead of the storm.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Durable instrument that improves the shoveler’s posture and reduces the need to bend and strain the body.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Want to become an 'emergency snow shoveler'?
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The pintails, widgeon and shovelers have departed south, but mallards, scoters and a few teal are still hanging in there.
    — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Oct. 2017
  • New York City on Saturday put out a call for emergency snow shovelers ahead of the storm.
    — Anders Hagstrom , Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Almost anyone can register to become a snow shoveler.
    — Mark Prussin, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Fifty-five power magnification revealed a swarm of gadwalls, teal, and shovelers, thick as piss ants on a cookie.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 17 Dec. 2019
  • New arrivals included one rusty blackbird, two snowy egrets, and 18 northern shovelers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • By this time, the winds were falling, down to around 30 miles per hour sustained, but gusts will still burst snow into a walker’s -- or young snow shoveler’s -- face.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
  • The rise of the automobile, to cite the obvious example, did indeed put most manure shovelers out of work.
    — Alex Williams, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Constitution Gardens draws more birds and thus more birders, there to see such species as northern shovelers, gadwalls and grebes.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Creators are the coal shovelers who have allowed YouTube to move so far so fast, except the railroads used to pay their boilermen a wage.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
  • During the last storm, only a few hundred emergency snow shovelers were available, Mamdani said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • As a storm bore down on the city this winter, Mamdani's calls on social media for more snow shovelers helped recruit thousands of new shovelers.
    — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In Pittsfield, observers saw a great egret, a northern shoveler, and an osprey at Lake Pontoosuc.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Guide Caleb Harp reported good shoots for pintails, teal and shovelers near El Campo.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Earlier in the day, the Bills asked snow shovelers in a statement not to report to the stadium until further notice.
    — NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Outside, shovelers furiously cleared the sidewalks yet again.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The cranes, which share the area with cinnamon teals, northern shovelers and other birds, came in, wave after impressive wave, until thousands were milling around on the banks.
    — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Other waterfowl, such as the American coot and the northern shoveler, are even more numerous.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • There was so much snow that the Bills put out a call for shovelers to help remove the snow before game time, offering $20 an hour plus food and hot beverages.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Volunteers worked overnight, and as of Monday morning, the franchise was still calling for shovelers to help prepare the stadium for the game.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Birders will wear out their binoculars scanning for the dozens of species found at the park including meadowlark, summer tanager, northern shoveler and wood duck.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The team advises those selected to dress appropriately for the weather, suggesting that shovelers bundle up with gloves, scarves, hats, coats and boots.
    — Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The team relied on shovelers to help dig out snow before Monday’s playoff victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
    — Ali Gostanian, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2024

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