How To Use Sandbag In A Sentence

The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
The antlers are placed together, held by sandbags and glued with epoxy.
The men were very quick about getting down, and after the first night they were practically working in safety for the remaining four or five days necessary to complete the sandbag revetting. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
Beside us, a Forward Air Controller uses a powerful periscope to pinpoint enemy targets over the sandbagged rim of the observation post.
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The cervical spine should be immobilised with a cervical collar, sandbag, and tape.
My voice is like sandpaper, I cough up gobs of phlegm, my liver feels like a sandbag.
Looking out of the bus window, I saw tank traps, sandbagged trenches, tank emplacements, barbed wire, low flying copters.
The grounds around the house are a maze of shelters and sandbags. Times, Sunday Times
Trenches are being dug, power stations sandbagged and people have started to carry gas masks around with them.
Jeff asked Rev. Brett if he'd been "sandbagging" challenges, pretending to be a nothing, and then suddenly turning it on in this final push. Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Samoa Finale: A Confederacy of Douches.
The agency had warned that unless seepage through flood walls was prevented, emergency sandbagging would be needed during flood events.
At the Information Ministry, also on the river's west bank, civilians armed with rocket-propelled grenade rifles stood by and a half-dozen soldiers manned sandbagged positions.
He accused them of sandbagging him by not fully explaining what they intended to do.
Mr Waugh said a number of stopbank inspections have occurred as a result of reported seepages and staff have done some minor sandbagging of stormwater grates in Edgecumbe as a result. NZ On Screen
The teams of engineering experts planned to drop sandbags and boulders into several large gaps that had appeared on Friday in a part of the Industrial Canal levee that had been patched after Hurricane Katrina.
Outside we could hear soldiers whooping and shouting as they ran around the surrounding tents to secure them with sandbags. BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
I felt sandbagged by the organizers, so after five to ten minutes I left,’ recounted Kay.
For each section, terram was laid, sandbags placed to hold it in position, and then the lines of historic palisades and piles were sandbagged.
Sandbags kept the floodwaters at bay.
The men inside the Camp Holloway compound slept behind sandbag walls and had bunkers to duck into if the mortars came.
He promised amphibious vehicles to deliver supplies, manpower to fill sandbags and military expertise to help with logistics. Times, Sunday Times
Not all vehicles were up-armored before leaving FOB Pacesetter, but the vehicles without armor used sandbags for protection as the brigade moved north.
Others were recklessly digging great holes in the footpath between the poplars, and ramming the earth into bags, or nailing together great pieces of driftwood, fished from the river, to form a screen behind the sandbags on the parapet and hold them against the pressure of the current, while carts kept rumbling in and unloading piles of stone and rubble against the wall and screen. The Paris Flood of 1910 | Edwardian Promenade
The city's Bureau of Public Works prepared about 140,000 sandbags and distributed them to emergency rescue teams in each city district and to areas with unfinished river embankments.
All vehicles must be reinforced with sandbags to help absorb the effects of IEDs and other attacks.
Ann hit the sandbag with her fist.
On top of that we had a 5gallon jerrican of water each -- another 40 Lb. We carried our NEC kit and cache rations, which weighed yet another 15 Lb. in two sandbags that had been tied together to form saddlebags that could go around our necks or over our shoulders. Bravo-Two-Zero
Microsoft can, and you can bet, probably will use this procedure to sandbag future litigation: it adds several months to any future case as the respective lawyers set their meters running.
Kuchta's lawyer, Kyle Schonekas, said the panel "sandbagged" his client. Hung Nguyen, Coast Guard Official, Accused Of Bullying Witnesses In Gulf Oil Spill Hearings
Ludlum stressed that long-term sandbag storage is a pilot project. Homepage | INFORUM | Fargo, ND
Tom Merrigan harrumphed that Manning had "sandbagged" Honest Dave. Home - BostonHerald.com
He balled up his fist and hitted the sandbag as hard as he could.
They also trace their history back to the Australian Flying Corp in Palestine, WW1, dropping ammo in sandbags.
Cultural heritage sites, from medieval castles to irreplaceable works of art, were under threat in the 800-year-old Czech capital Prague and the German city of Dresden, while tourist areas were sealed off and sandbagged.
FARGO, N.D. -- A weeklong fight against flooding neared its climax in Fargo on Sunday, with miles of sandbags and clay dikes expected to hold back the bloated Red River at its crest with room to spare. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
The sandbags have been filled, the drawbridge raised and the moat replenished with hungry crocodiles.
Running carrying sandbags, sawing for an hour. The Sun
Most headed to York to protect houses with sandbags. The Sun
We came upon two sandbagged positions, both deserted.
Marines take cover behind a sandbagged fighting position to lay down a hail of paintball rounds on the opposition.
I had quickly learned that calling a sandbagging defense attorney a scum sandwich on shit toast wasn't within the range of what Duncan Griffith defined as acceptable deputy DA behavior. Missing Justice
In case anyone starts to think they are camping in the park instead of hunkering down in a war zone, the camp's perimeter is ringed by razor wire and sandbagged foxholes manned by armed guards.
They hired local men as translators or to fill sandbags at the camp.
He promised amphibious vehicles to deliver supplies, manpower to fill sandbags and military expertise to help with logistics. Times, Sunday Times
Outside we could hear soldiers whooping and shouting as they ran around the surrounding tents to secure them with sandbags. BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
My father used the upstairs bathroom as a darkroom when I was about young - light-tight blind, red lamp, sandbag thing along the bottom edge of the door to block light, developer/fixer trays in the bathtub, enlarger clamped on a sheet of heavy plywood over the sink & vanity - so darkroom chemicals are one of those deep-in-the-bone scents that mean "childhood" to me in some strange way, like yeast and cinnamon. Making Light: Open thread 135
At the end of 2000, York was reduced to a sandbag city, hit by unprecedented levels of rain and awash with flood water.
Troop reinforcements from three Royal Artillery regiments were laying thousands of sandbags alongside the River Ouse between Barlby Crescent and Landing Lane in a race against time to stop the bank bursting.
I examine a photo of US Marines sheltering behind a rampart of sandbags.
He had already announced that he was planning to leave the program to work on a book, but he knew he had been sandbagged, and he didn't like it.
Along the perimeter, sandbags are being filled and wire is laid.
One unit brought along stationary bikes that are sitting next to foxholes and sandbags.
Marines fought house-to-house against dozens of well-armed insurgents firing at them from balconies, rooftops and sandbagged bunkers in the border town of Obeidi and surrounding villages.
The city provided sandbags and sand at its public works yard, he said, noting most people trying to prevent water from coming in through basement window wells needed relatively few sandbags.
She looked as though she had taken a blow to the back of her head, sandbagged. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
Simple tasks like filling sandbags or carrying water to the shower area were suddenly difficult.
But they sandbagged her, so the last thing she was going to do was take insults from the man who almost ruined her career.
FARGO, N.D. - Salesmen in Fargo are hawking products with names like the Muscle Wall and the Sandbagging Buddy. WN.com - Articles related to Former Nigeria Leader Urges Fair Guinea Election
As Frank wrote yesterday, it seems that shemust indeed have been deliberately "sandbagging," ie, playing dumb, in her interviews with Charlie Gibson & Katie Couric. OpEdNews - Diary: Palin-Biden Debate Open Thread
On each corner of the warehouses roof were sandbagged machine gun emplacements, which were manned twenty four hours a day and provided the first line in the facility's defence.
Volunteers have reinforced dikes along the Elbe River and sandbagged their homes and businesses trying to avoid a deluge.
The Nangalam base is on the edge of town, surrounded by rock walls, sandbagged guard towers and razor-wire coils. Afghan Base Tests U.S. Exit Plans
The Gillard Government is attempting to "sandbag" the three electorates, plus Mackay-based NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
The dam was reinforced with 20,000 sandbags.
Ann hit the sandbag with her fist.
The councillor said the problem along Highway 52 has been going on for the past four or five years, noting this year alone several houses in the areas have had to be sandbagged.
The number of trenches and sandbagged gun positions has tripled in two weeks.
Mickey Andrews describes their use: We would only fill a sandbag about two-thirds full.
The buildings are made from a sandy beige stone, doorways are partially blocked with sandbags, windows are ragged blackened holes.
The soldiers sometimes resorted to putting sandbags over the horses' eyes and ears, which seemed to help. Times, Sunday Times
The Daily Mirror strip finished in 1959 and things went quiet for Jane until the 1970s when Lesley Duff portrayed the pin-up in the musical stage-play Happy As A Sandbag.
The cameramen filmed the explosion of a Pembroke aircraft, for a new spy series, The Sandbaggers, which goes out in September.
The fighters are barricaded into positions with sandbags and are prepared to fight to the death. Times, Sunday Times
The side benches prevent the sandbags from being stacked all the way to the edge of the truck bed.
These sandbags are an absolute lifesaver. The Sun
Sandbags will hold the flood waters back for a while.
I'll put the sandbags in my back garden and in front of my house. The Sun
Most headed to York to protect houses with sandbags. The Sun
Now my servants are frantically boarding the windows and stuffing sandbags.
During the day, Team Cobra dug foxholes, strung wire, and filled sandbags, because site defense is never complete.
The weight of a combat-loaded infantry squad with over 50 sandbags will deteriorate a M998 quickly.
Sales People are always trying to forecast a little less so they can carry forward some big deals and overchieve their targets and earn major commissions (so called sandbagging) - it is an annual game between sales and management. Quick & Dirty!?
The basic construction technique involves filling sandbags with earth and laying them in circular courses that are corbelled near the top to form a dome.
I think that he was sandbagged a bit by the way they were reported originally.
In many villages, government troops are dug in behind sandbags and razor wire. Times, Sunday Times
He added: ‘Anyone moving sandbags should do so carefully as they are heavy, and people should wear protective gloves.’
If we can remove a number of sandbags from this balloon it can go up a very long way. The Sun
These options have been to either send in shirtsleeve forces who must displace and fight from sandbagged 5-ton cargo trucks or send in forces equipped with 68-ton Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles.
They spent 18 months digging out 200 tons of clay and using it to fill the sandbags. The Sun
Sandbag-lined bunkers and hastily-constructed concrete pillboxes rose sporadically out of the churned land.
The grounds around the house are a maze of shelters and sandbags. Times, Sunday Times
The fighters are barricaded into positions with sandbags and are prepared to fight to the death. Times, Sunday Times
They have also been filling thousands of sandbags. Times, Sunday Times
If we can remove a number of sandbags from this balloon it can go up a very long way. The Sun
I am convinced that McSandbag and sightline either have not read it, or are liars. Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola
January 14th, 2010 at 12: 37 pm spearNmagicHelmet says: the teabaggers got sandbagged by carpetbaggers. Think Progress » Right-wing publications receive exclusive credentials to cover the Tea Party Convention.
As it gets dark, behind the windows partly blocked by sandbags, they light a paraffin lamp.
Today the soldiers are dug in behind sandbags and pickup trucks with mounted machine guns patrol the streets.
The unnamed marine, whose next of kin have been informed, died manning a sandbag fortification known as a sangar at a patrol base in Sangin, Helmand province. The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk
For all the talk about the league's brilliant schedule engineering for the Christmas re-entry, it sure sandbagged MSG with a stinker January. The Knicks Are Back—But How Far?
Looking out of the bus window, I saw tank traps, sandbagged trenches, tank emplacements, barbed wire, low flying copters.
Finally, sand mixed with archeological fragments has been used to fill sandbags intended for protecting military positions.
Sorry Sandbagger, you ain't gonna sweetalk me into yer cab thataway, besides I'm taken. Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off
Adding a sense of combat reality to the classroom are sandbags, camouflage netting, and the sounds of exploding ordnance and close air support.
I longed to tell her that dreams can lose their buoyancy, like a gas balloon weighted with too much ballast, sandbagged by too many years.
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Sharpshooters were stationed on rooftops, troops levelled guns from sandbagged windows and armoured vehicles rumbled through the streets of Jamaica's capital, Kingston, under the protection of a hovering helicopter gunship.
Fearing floods, thousands of residents sandbagged their homes.
As if any time spent by reporters ferreting out the truth - and by Congress overseeing - would otherwise be spent tossing sandbags on the levee, disinfecting the Superdome, or driving evacuees to Houston.
Steller sea lions lumber around the rock outcropping, while others lie still, looking like so many long sandbags.
The museum staff had placed sandbags and foam rubber around those heavy stone sculptures to cushion the impact if they fell.
Terrified families who had been unable to flee piled up sandbags to protect their homes from the flood and nervously made victory signs when rebels approached. Times, Sunday Times
The national guard was called in and set up sandbagged machine gun emplacements downtown.
After building a wall of sandbags outside the shop, he glued the door shut, put silicone around it and settled in.
Sandbags were used to stem the flow but several corridors were soon under water.
They spent 18 months digging out 200 tons of clay and using it to fill the sandbags. The Sun
Outside the heavily guarded and sandbagged main gate is a gaggle of small boys, hustling DVDs of The Passion of the Christ and the Baywatch satire, Son of the Beach, to GIs.
At night sentries were doubled, and most men found themselves on carrying parties, going back along communication trenches to bring up barbed wire, sandbags, ammunition, or trench-mortar bombs.
I'll lay down the tracks sandbag and hide.
He had sandbagged the door to his apartment and was bailing out. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
The RNC 8 deny having any operational involvement in the sandbag incident, but admit that some members may have planned acts of "civil disobedience," such as blockading the Xcel Center. AltWeeklies.com Site Feed
Terrified families who had been unable to flee piled up sandbags to protect their homes from the flood and nervously made victory signs when rebels approached. Times, Sunday Times
Adverse customer reaction will quite possibly sandbag this one, but remember to ask yourself if you really need that new SIM right now.
The sand was so soft, no amount of ordinary sandbagging or revetting would make it stand up, and all the trenches were made by sinking complete wooden frames into The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919
Adding a sense of combat reality to the classroom are sandbags, camouflage netting, and the sounds of exploding ordnance and close air support.
Pounding on the dais, Daniels said he was "sandbagged" by Duncan and interim Chief News & Record Article Feed
He promised amphibious vehicles to deliver supplies, manpower to fill sandbags and military expertise to help with logistics. Times, Sunday Times
I'll put the sandbags in my back garden and in front of my house. The Sun
He started to give an absurd speech about how offended he was by the word "sandbagged" and how there was such a thing as courtesy and "noblesse oblige" and that the board deserved to hear the school district out. Save John Swett
The platoon tracks could occasionally kick out four sandbags tied together as casualties that the first sergeant could take back to the battalion aid station.
The entrance where journalists are allowed to go in looks like Normandy Beach, with tank caltrops, razor wire and sandbagged defensive positions that have taken over half of the square.
It's the type of precision rifle you can shoot all day over a prairie dog town or snuggle down solidly in some sandbags and produce those little, bragging groups that warm the heart of any rifleman.
FARGO, N.D. - A weeklong fight against flooding neared its climax in Fargo on Sunday, with miles of sandbags and clay dikes expected to hold back the bloated Red River at its crest with room to spare. FOXNews.com
They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
It also suggests using sandbags or floorboards to block doorways and moving cars to higher ground.
When Hillsman accused mainstream Democrats of "sandbagging" Lamont by holding off on information and aid — in essence, dithering over its commitment to the official party nominee — Davis became apoplectic and prosecutorial. Scrap at Yale Highlights New Social Divide: Global Elites Vs. Populist Realists
Sandbags will hold the flood waters back for a while.
They tried to leap over the sandbags, but were too slow.
First, while a sandbag is the building block of a levee, no one sandbag can do what the whole levee does. David Katz, M.D.: A New Tool for Healthy Living
The twenty yard stretch was cleared by nightfall, although the sides would be unstable until enough sandbags could be filled and lodged into place to retain the loose mud.
But the red cars were certainly not sandbagging; Schumacher lapped faster than he had in qualifying when he set the fastest time on lap 29.
Sheet piling will replace sandbags this summer to protect the community from a repeat of the disastrous floods.
Sheiner went on to accuse President Obama of "sandbagging" the Congressman, setting him up for a failure in the House because the President doesn't have the votes. Warren Goldstein: Local Politics: The Rich Get Richer
I'm thinking shooting offhand is true love and a sandbag is a one night stand. Video Blog: Shooting Over A Chronograph
I stood on a street corner one day and I watched 10th Mountain Division troops in trucks with sandbags and plywood, which is pretty much state of the art now as far as defeating a mine strike.
We dug bunkers and trenches, filled sandbags and constructed multiple rows of triple concertina wire.
Across the region, householders were frantically sandbagging their front doors and praying the rain would end. The Sun
To defend the region's well-preserved wrecks from shipworms, researchers have suggested draping submerged vessels in polypropylene covers or covering ships with seabed sediments and sandbags.
The device was sandbagged, the area cleared and then the tranquillity shattered briefly as a sympathetic charge disposed of the shell.
Volunteers gathered around landmarks and scrambled to fill hundreds of sandbags in a desperate bid to save the city's treasures from the rising waters.
This in itself is A-OK, but such countries run the risk of being sandbagged by protectionist tariffs initiated by neighbouring nations.
That night the water was steadily creeping higher and higher, while a civil engineer, mud-bespattered, with the red ribbon of the Legion of Honor in his button-hole, was standing on the corner of the sandbag bastion by the Pont de la Concorde and measuring its advance. The Paris Flood of 1910 | Edwardian Promenade
A steady stream of sandbags filled with the result of their labours came up the shaft down which the pipe from the bellows stretched into the darkness -- sandbags which must be taken somewhere and emptied, or used to revet a bit of trench which needed repair. No Man's Land
A tough decision must be made with respect to sandbagging the trucks.
The gun was dug in and encircled by a wall of sandbags. A Channel of Peace
The soldier climbed on top of a sandbagged 'sangar' observation platform to pinpoint enemy firing positions coming from at least five different locations in order to direct air and ground fire onto them. Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
It is a spat of little interest to anyone whose primary concern is to find more sandbags and put the piano on bricks. Times, Sunday Times
Punters put aside their pints on Monday November 21 to fill and carry sandbags in a valiant effort to keep the outside knee-deep floodwater from entering the Bryansford Road pub.
I can recall sandbagging as a teenager here in Wichita, KS, but not in the snow and in the freezing cold. you may lose some possession's, but you'll never lose your self respect and community pride, and you will never lose the respect of the AMERICAN people. Boston.com Most Popular
The residents sandbagged the beach front
Shrapnel scars still pitted the walls and sandbags were stacked around every home.
Boehner and McConnell were gulled into going behind closed doors with the President, who dragged out negotiations and later emerged to sandbag them with his blame-the-GOP and soak-the-rich re-election strategy. The GOP's Payroll Tax Fiasco
We passed sandbags in Milnathort (which had featured in the television news), and in Strathardle itself (a short strath, as straths go) there was a “Police Slow” sign followed by 100 yards of streaks of mud on the road. Archive 2009-07-01
They survived being handbagged by Mrs Thatcher, but have they found breathing space beneath Tony Blair's sandbags?
A Home Depot nearby had sold out of sandbags by the morning, but Dom Brown bought his bags on Friday for $96 - and then promptly made a large profit, bringing new meaning to the word "sandbagging. NYT > Home Page
The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
The gun was dug in and encircled by a wall of sandbags. A Channel of Peace
Finally, sand mixed with archeological fragments has been used to fill sandbags intended for protecting military positions.
For the past two decades, Western governments have been confounded, hoodwinked, bambozzled, bluffed, duped, manipulated, seduced, beguiled, flim-flammed and sandbagged by a master of deception into believing that there is "no alternative in the opposition". Alemayehu G. Mariam: J'Accuse!
When Paul Warburg, a renowned banker, spoke about a possible Wall Street collapse in 1929, he was accused of "sandbagging American prosperity".
FARGO, N.D. -- Salesmen in Fargo are hawking products with names like the Muscle Wall and the Sandbagging Buddy. WN.com - Articles related to Former Nigeria Leader Urges Fair Guinea Election
I propped the M16 on a sandbag in the embrasure in front of me and squinted through the scope.
At the Unity Street crossroads sandbags have been put in place to protect the new police force. Times, Sunday Times
Sandbags were eventually replaced with locally fabricated steel armor plate.
The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
Running carrying sandbags, sawing for an hour. The Sun
Buy sandbags or floorboards to block doors and airbricks and remember to ensure there is adequate ventilation.
If this kind of sandbagging had existed in New Orleans, we could have kept the f'n levees from failing .... McCain Ad: Obama Isn't There For The Troops Unless Cameras Are Around
Note that sandbags do not protect against groundwater flooding. Times, Sunday Times
And, unlike in many thrillers, the movie doesn't sandbag us with one last, cheap twist at the end.
The containers in which the soldiers live and operate could be sandbagged on the exterior to protect the occupants from small arms fire and fragmentation.
Soldiers have been using sandbags and Kevlar blankets on the floors of their unprotected HMMWVs to help improve levels of protection.
A shallow trench took us to a forward observation post, a sandbagged nest with binoculars and links to the unmanned aerial vehicles circling overhead.
FARGO, N.D. - Sandbag making operations are under way in Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn. WN.com - Articles related to Former Nigeria Leader Urges Fair Guinea Election
The soldier fired the rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags.
During the day, they dug foxholes, strung wire, and filled sandbags, because site defense is never complete.
In many villages, government troops are dug in behind sandbags and razor wire. Times, Sunday Times
Another use for sandbags is for grips to sit on when they are taking another Union mandated break.
Sandbags were eventually replaced with locally fabricated steel armor plate.
Heavyweights held 20-pound sandbags and lightweights held 15-pound bags.
Sandbag by sandbag it's slow progress fixing the broken levees of New Orleans.
And how is it "sandbagging" to get a phone call on a call-in show? Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Ann Coulter On Hardball
It is a spat of little interest to anyone whose primary concern is to find more sandbags and put the piano on bricks. Times, Sunday Times
However, the charges of lefty partisanship seemed misguided; the movie we made criticizes Barack Obama for tailoring himself a State Senate district, Nancy Pelosi for opposing redistricting reform in California, the Democratic party for using black voters to "sandbag" white Democratic districts in the South, and opens with a clip of Ronald Reagan decrying Democratic gerrymanders! Jeff Reichert: You Can't Please Everyone
They have also been filling thousands of sandbags. Times, Sunday Times
‘All personnel, being base combatant personnel, are trained in how to fill sandbags, how to place them down on the ground into the pits allocated,’ he said.
The men inside the Camp Holloway compound slept behind sandbag walls and had bunkers to duck into if the mortars came.
Firefighting equipment had to be imported, as did light civilian respirators and even sandbags.
The gun was dug in and encircled by a wall of sandbags. A Channel of Peace

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