How To Use Sled In A Sentence

These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys. The South Pole~ Remarks on the Meteorological Observations at Framheim
As for leisure activities, a few old weights and a sledgehammer is the gym. CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2009
The new sled is meant to replace the one he had in Colorado, back with his family. Eric’s Top 10 Defining Christmas Moments » Scene-Stealers
I clung onto bits of ice and tried desperately to remove the harness attaching me to the sledge.
Lacy argued that he was misled by Stello when the arbiter pumped him out at second during an apparent steal attempt.

His team pulled the sled deep into the night, Jason shouting orders left and right while he stood on the runners at the back of the sled.
Avila, who in May tussled with bloodmobile workers who had parked in front of the Health and Welfare Building, apparently impinging on Avila's designated space. PhillyDeals
The committee heard Miss Coles knowingly misled her managers about the number of unallocated cases.
The Vasa Trainer operates on a sled that rolls on a track and comes equipped with all sorts of cords, straps, pulleys and a slew of accessories.
Can't quite imagine yourself with your hair gathered loosely at the crown with tousled waves flowing down your neck… but like the idea?
From a flurry of delighted children sledging down a snowswept street in Bath to policemen joining in with group of teenagers having a snowball fight in Poole - your pics are helping us capture Britain as it is swept by snow.
The principle of proportionality - do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut - is straight forward logic.
He kissed and tousled the young vrouws; and, if they frowned and pouted, gave them a gold rosary, or a sparkling cross, to put them in good humour again.
Suddenly from above us a twenty-foot-long heavy log burst into view, careening down the path like a bobsled.
She said it was regrettable that a policeman, who had taken an oath, had come before the court and deliberately misled the court.
Others dropped the rails and made certain they were the requisite spread apart four feet eight and a half inches, spiked them in with their heavy sledgehammers—three blows to a spike—and connected the ends with a fishplate. Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
‘With a sled, I can also carry firewood or all the fixings for a picnic,’ Cheryl says.
By day, he has to remain out of sight, but in the evening, he pushes his cart out and chooses a place where he is unlikely to be hassled by the police.
With muffled thuds and a yelp, Ace and the thief tussled on the floor.
Just then, an ettin shoved a heavy sledge into view. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
I grabbed an ice pick off the sledge and tramped away from the camp towards the face of Portal Mountain.
This summer, I realized I was the servant and it the master and resolved this inversion of the natural order in Kirkian fashion, by taking a sledgehammer to it.
He was one of the few artists to impress the ordinarily vicious panel of judges, and the only criticism the toughest of them could find was with the Norwegian's tousled, gap-toothed appearance.
First of all, under the flail of the incessant wind, a crust would form on the surface of the snow of the type we knew as "piecrust," when out sledging. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
And the Aussies, the world's sledging experts, reckon he is a soft touch in that department.
He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship.
It would have taken a sledgehammer to keep me off the pitch. The Sun
With no person on the sled to slow it down, the dogs bolted.
So I don't have a lot of pity for the so-called hassled passenger. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
The lawsuit would likely allege that Symington got the loan because he deliberately misled the pension funds about his financial condition.
Was that feeling not worth this disabling sledgehammer blow of sorrow?
And if that wasn't difficult enough, we were each put in charge of a sled pulled by four huskies. Times, Sunday Times
If you enjoy sledding, you'll love airboarding, Canaan Valley Ski Area Manager Michael Chaney said of the sport, now in its fifth season at the resort. Ajc.com - News
One final heave and the sled was free. Times, Sunday Times
Wiley kittens can almost always outlast Navy Seals with sledgehammers. Matthew Yglesias » The Think Tank Industrial Complex
A huge enemy shell burst a few yards to the right front of the amtrack, hurling seawater skyward, as Sledge clung to the rail. Brotherhood of Heroes
Another was sledged almost halfway up Mount Taranaki, to provide accommodation for visitors.
As the slope got steeper, the sled gathered momentum.
Before the advent of the snowmobile, Ms. McLeod would run in front of the dog sled team in snowshoes to break the snow and clear a path.
These sleds reach a minimum speed of 80 mph and the driver has to contend with g-force in each of the turns.
How did I end up constantly feeling angry, cheated, and misled for paying good money to be preached at?
He urged anyone who had been hassled at a cash machine to check their accounts.
The thought of the long day's travel with the dogs appalls me; the thought of the keen frost in the morning and of the frozen sled-lashings frightens me — The Night-Born
Recalling my bobsled runs reminds me that I'm up for any challenge. Nikki Stone: Even Country Leaders Have to Learn to Take a Risk: Prince Albert's Most Moving Experience
And the sign-off at the end of his first letter is a laugh-line with a sledgehammer punch.
Every day, I spot sleds lying around, often right next to huskies meant to pull them.
The sled slews to the side, plowing a furrow in the trail-crust.
Your piece last month on sporting insults was missing a memorable sledge from an Australia v Zimbabwe cricket match.
The suit is sharp, the hair fashionably tousled and the sideburns are pronounced. Times, Sunday Times
When the blustering wind and swirling snow make sledding and building snowmen feel like work, ditch your icy mittens and spend the afternoon by a warm stove, sipping hot chocolate and munching on cookies.
Nevertheless, uncritical acceptance of the results of classical twin studies may have misled a generation of researchers.
We had five overturned sledge accidents - every one of our sledges suffered an overturn or two, but luckily no significant damage was incurred.
Dog sledding is one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences insofar as if you have done it once you know better than to ever do it again. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
But at the moment when no precaution should have been relaxed, a despatch from the West India directors, who appear to have been misled by advices from London, announced that no danger need be apprehended from the English expedition, as it was sent out by the King only to settle the affairs of his colonies and establish episcopacy, which would rather benefit the company's interests in New Netherlands. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
They are allowed to hold a resplendent Christmas parade down Fifth Avenue, complete with carriages, sleds and artificial snow.
Ofcom also wants service providers to refund customers that have been misled.
Like so many failed expeditions before them, Sir John and his men would be fleeing for their lives, dragging longboats and whalers and hastily clabbered-together sledges across the rotten ice, praying for open leads and then cursing them when the sledges fell through the ice and the contrary winds blew the heavy boats back on the pack ice, leads that meant days and nights of rowing for the starving men. The Terror
The scenes are acted with sledgehammer humour, unworthy of Williamson's usually sleek style.
Not too much imagery as such, just a hint of rawness with use of dumb-bells and sledgehammer to break the monotonous nature of gun-shot violence.
During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
One criticism of the young fast bowler is, he is not particularly aggressive; he has never sledged an opponent on the field.
Men love tumbling curls and artfully tousled hair. The Sun
Yeah, I could have hassled you for an autograph worth £400 on e-bay.
The competitors who travel by foot and skis pulling sledges with supplies, will cover over 350 miles in four stages from Resolute Bay, Canada, to the North Magnetic Pole.
We must respect established treaties, agreements and processes without crushing the fragile flower of democracy with a sledgehammer. Times, Sunday Times
CHICAGO mdash; Chicago Public Schools fourth-grader Ryan Eaddy, bundled in bright pink snow gear and headed for a sledding hill, had just one word Wednesday... Chicago Public Schools Snow Days: First Closures In 12 Years
There are a fair amount of details, such as snow in the bobsled run and mini-trees on the downhill slopes, which help create a sense of realism throughout the game.
The sledge gained momentum as it ran down the hill.
(Don't be misled by the expression "multisystem" as its confusingly applied to DVD recorders: they do not convert internally like the old multisystem VCRs did, you would still need an outboard standards box. VideoHelp.com Forum
The sled is completely flexible over blow downs, rocks and ground debris. I was hunting the other day deep in my local woods. I spotted a massive buck and took my shot but I didn't hit it cleanly.
This season's hair is either tousled or tailored with a soft wave; think loose ponytails or chignons and a well-trimmed fringe.
Visitors can ride a dog sled on the ice path and experience first-hand this means of transport that is commonly used during the winters of Northeast China.
I'd do the Elgin Marbles with a sledgehammer and wipe my ass with the Mona Lira.
Finding myself (not often in London on the day that comes so mercifully between the Saturday and Monday) beside the enisled Marble Arch, I spent half an hour in listening to the astonishing oratory that was going on there. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions
The book features lots of colour photos and mostly Inuit writers' tips on everything from dogsledding and walrus watching to luxury cruises and the dangers of ice floes.
The yaps and yowls are almost deafening, and as other sleds depart, your dogs go absolutely mental, tugging on their leads and jumping forwards.
Not to mention our night-time dog sledge ride. Times, Sunday Times
Have you ever bobsledded down the Matterhorn in your underwear or raced the bulls at Pamplona on a pogo stick (you on the pogo stick, not the bulls)? The Santa Barbara Independent stories
A head with rosy cheeks, tousled hair, and flashing glasses suddenly appeared before me.
Rocking-horses can't run away," Sue said, shaking her head, the hair of which needed brushing, as it had become "tousled" in her sleep. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue
The boy and girl are already running to meet the sled driver, squealing and screaming with delight.
For any kids who have not burnt enough energy during the day, there's a perfect slope across the road to go sledging in safety.
I taught myself to swim in Leg of Mutton pond, skated on Pen Ponds when they froze, sledged in Petersham Park when it snowed, built dams across the brook, and learnt to ride a bike on the path to Bog Lodge.
Asked what they had been up to in their alpine retreat, the Teplice coach laughed: ‘Mainly skis, sledges and bobsleighs.’
He was not a lumberjack, or a fur trader, and he didn't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dog sled.
Alex tousled my hair for luck - which immediately set me off because I'd spent an hour slicking it down.
Fur stroked against his nose as several other dogs joined them behind the sled, the only thing that protected them from the blustering wind.
Every adventure activity you've ever heard of is on offer (rafting, sky diving, mountain biking) and probably several you haven't (snow-kiting, parapenting, white-water sledging). NYT > Home Page
Sled hockey called sledge hockey in Canada is an amazing sport, something you have to see to appreciate. Archive 2005-12-01
The whaling ship Terra Nova sailed from New Zealand in November 1910 and the expedition set off from base the following October, with mechanical sledges, ponies and dogs.
We parbuckled him out by means of the Alpine rope, which was quickly detached from the sledge, South with Scott
The sawing heartbeat of a panther morphs into a subway train sledge-hammering, smashing the ground, until it screeches to a morse code halt. 2008 December 20 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS
My hair was tousled by cheering crowds who thrust a beer can into my hand and said: 'Welcome to freedom. Times, Sunday Times
But in my twenties the need to be prepared for the unexpected was not an issue, even without a stitch of makeup and tousled just woke up hair, my radiant youth inoculated me about worrying about […] All Things Girl » All Things Girl » 2010 » March
Then he gave another whoop significant of the extreme of nervous abashedness and the incipient defiance of his masculine estate, there was a flourish of heels, followed by a swift glimmering slide of steel, and he was off trailing his sled. The Portion of Labor
At that point, rack the sled and move on to the next exercise.
The minimal, magisterial formal aesthetic of the latter though is clearly of another realm to Requiem's crude, lazy, sledgehammer style, and is infinitely more riveting and rewarding.
Officials tussled over who had responsibility for the newly fashionable unemployment agenda.
Correspondingly, each claimed that the other remained entangled in, and misled by, a superficial, merely apparent reality.
USA Bobsled also had to clear the Night Train decals with the International Olympic Committee, which does not allow anything resembling sponsorship logos in the Olympics. Can Steven Holcomb and 'Night Train' reach victory lane?
She then turned to bobsledding, where she failed another drug test in 2002.
No one actually knows when sledging started, but since time immemorial disparaging remarks have been part of the sport in general - and cricket in particular.
Those who want skill to use those evidences they have of probabilities; who cannot carry a train of consequences in their heads; nor weigh exactly the preponderancy of contrary proofs and testimonies, making every circumstance its due allowance; may be easily misled to assent to positions that are not probable. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
In winter, teams of horses dragged sledges loaded with cut logs across frozen lakes.
Adding more debt to a debt ridden business is like adding a sledge to the back of a man trudging through six foot deep snow.
Since the sled could not carry all three of us, one person mushed the dog team while the remaining two skied behind on the trail.
But in praising the aspiration to work the extra hour, he took a sledgehammer to those earning the extra pound that takes them into the 40% tax bracket. The Conservatives and Welfare
The king's ministers and the false prophets who misled him. sunk in ... mire -- proverbial for, Thou art involved by "thy friends '" counsels in inextricable difficulties. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The Olympic committee said the bobsled association and ‘entrepreneurs or elites in our society’ were supposed to fund the sport and provide a bobsled, uniform and equipment for its Winter Games teams.
For the speaker in Christmas-Eve man's mind was the image of God's, reflecting trace for trace his absolute knowledge; for Francis Furini the bare fact of his own existence is all he knows, a narrow rock-spit of knowledge enisled in a trackless ocean of ignorance. Robert Browning
It was a refreshing change from being hassled by cops or vibed by jaded ‘cool guys’ in downtown US cities.
Leo opened the door to his room, saw a nightlight revealing a little tousled head peering above blankets. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Hundreds of people who favoured ice skating over sledging made their way to the Ice Factor, in the Eye of York, which has had two of its busiest days over the festive period.
She had tousled blonde hair that hung limply around her shoulders.
A heavy wooden sledge would also help. Times, Sunday Times
It uses areas in northern Finland for its tours and promises individual family visits to Santa and no hidden charges for activities such as husky sledge rides. Times, Sunday Times
The stakes are sledgehammered into the ground about 10 to 12 inches and two 3-inch sheetrock screws are used to secure each stake.
The sledding had been good; Moses had hauled so many thousand feet of lumber to Brampton; Sam Price's woman (she of Harwich) had had a spell of sciatica; Chester Perkins's bull had tossed his brother-in-law, come from Iowy on a visit, and broke his leg; yes, Amandy guessed her dyspepsy was somewhat improved since she had tried Graham's Golden Coniston — Complete
I was misled partly by the analogy with the surface of the earth.
It was impossible for us to strike the tents till the afternoon, and then we took our departure, and made an easy march of four miles to another branch of Hico river, which we called Jesuit's creek, because it misled us. The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published
Which is outside on the sledge getting snowed on. Times, Sunday Times
He turned his head around and saw Sledge behind him, his face smoldering with hatred.
Once crowded in here, the creatures were prisoned, each in a separate pen, by gates that shut, leaving them no room to turn around; and while they stood bellowing and plunging, over the top of the pen there leaned one of the "knockers," armed with a sledge hammer, and watching for a chance to deal a blow. The Jungle
To understand ground rents and land prices is to understand cities; not to understand is to remain mired forever in confusion and fallacy, to be gulled and misled and bamboozled, which is, indeed and alas, the common lot of mankind.
After that they took the body and laid it on the sledge and drove to Bergthorsknoll, and drew it into the sheepcote, and made him sit upright against the wall. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor
The capital, Tripoli, is a pan-African city of Italianate squares and Arab souks where visitors can wander without being hassled by touts or pushy shopkeepers.
She has tousled, spiky hair that manages to look girlish.
And he said that in recent years there has been pressure to shrink rather than expand the list because of a cascade of complaints from people getting "hassled" by authorities. KPIX: Top Stories Videos
The whole set-up, the diabetes, and the sledgehammer violence were all played in a way that's atypical of what I expect in a mainstream film, feeling much more like a fringe flick in the greasy intensity of it all.
It certainly seems to have misled people into thinking that - like the animal photographed on Borneo - Hose's civet is reddish. That’s no mystery carnivore (part II)… it’s a giant squirrel!
They were naive and easily misled.
From Zen koans to aural meditation, bobsledding to journaling, rolfing to silence to building a tree house, the many reality escapes are described in a fun, playful, familiar manner.
Yes, and it is to carry on sledging. Times, Sunday Times
At one point Brendan's sled tipped over and he fell into the snow and no one bothered to help him up.
There are areas so remote you can only access them by snowmobile, husky sled or a boat in summer. The Sun
They advise sledgers to don protective gear and not to go out without parental supervision.
The force of each bite was like a sledgehammer with teeth. Times, Sunday Times
It is however for the Board itself to protect its prestige and reputation by not being misled into purposeless action.
During his twelve years in Congress he has tussled with the chemical, drug and power companies on behalf of the ordinary person's right to breathe clean air.
This perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art; since the author of it was not misled by any thing short-lived or local, but abode by real and abiding traits. Representative Men
The tousled red hair and the small, slender bare feet showing beneath her hastily donned garments were all too obvious to both strangers. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
A maneuverable sled is provided for use over snowy terrain.
Though it has to be said that Ms Gee Turner lost them when she suggested that young tearaways should be taken dog-sledding in the Arctic and not actually abandoned there to be eaten by polar bears.
Shea tried bobsled and luge before attempting skeleton.
The wind blows snow around the abandoned and empty sledge, which is little more than runners now. The Terror
With an eye toward the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Chelios wants to become a bobsledding brakeman - for Greece.
But the extent to which this stratum was penetrated, misled about reality, and to some degree fanaticized by Moscow's manipulations is striking. The Terrors
These athletes have had to adjust to being forced with G-factors around the bends of the course that are 3 or 4 G, and staying with the Skeleton sled to the bottom.
But despite his injuries, he tussled with the man for several minutes before finally letting him out of his shop when he threatened to kill him.
Apart from skiing, you can snowmobile, cross-country ski, snowshoe or dogsled.
The customers' claim that the label misled them into buying the product meant they didn't get what they paid for, the court said. SFGate: Top News Stories
Never go for the subtle quip when the goofy sledgehammer punchline will do.
She had just awakened, her eyes sleepy and her hair tousled.
If you can imagine, in bobsledding he is referred to as the ‘smaller guy,’ yet in skeleton where his size is definitely recognized, weight can have its advantages and its disadvantages.
It has been asserted that the darnel is a degenerated kind of wheat; and attempts have been made to give additional significance to our Lord's instructive parable by injecting this thought; there is no scientific warrant for the strained conception, however, and earnest students will not be misled thereby. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
I am told it is an ideal location for sledging and even skiing when snow is on the ground.
Janet chuckled and tousled his unkempt gingery hair.
Of the ten times Frazier's been down, eight are by the sledgehammer fist of Big George.
Screenwriter Mike White and his father, gay rights activist Mel White, recently danced, ran and even bobsledded around the globe as a team on the CBS reality series NPR Topics: News
Sleds run well over frozen snow.
Kids and parents were taking advantage of the huge snow covered bluff surrounding the park in front of Avalon Heights, flying down it on their sleds, and snowboards for the more experienced.
Macedonian and ethnic Albanian politicians tussled over future policing at talks yesterday as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce.
We're in the odd position where adults are being sledged by other adults for being huge bipedal babies.
For that, and other reasons, White House aides say Bush -- who originally described Walker as a "poor fellow" who had been "misled" -- might ask for more information about Walker's conduct before he makes his decision. The White House Is Divided Over Walker
It was amazing how much gay-themed music they played, like four Village People songs and a lot of Sister Sledge.
The name of bava, baveuse, has misled M. Depons; he takes this reptile for a fish of our seas, the Blennius pholis. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Sledgers should ensure there is plenty of room at the end of the run to slow and stop.
We travel by komatik, which is a wooden sled lashed together and pulled behind a snowmobile.
They were busy packing the root cellar with parsnips, canning their ox tongues and making their tourtieres and petes-des-soeurs, or driving the dogsled down the hill for a barrel of water.
The 47-year-old teacher and her five kids were snoozing when eight armed crooks used sledgehammers to break through her wall, unnecessarily because she would have let them in the door.
I'm not much of a sledger. The Sun
But for the record, crashing a bobsled is not something to be taken lightly. Fast lane: Holcomb clinches World Cup title with sick crew
The worst the sledger need fear is that his opponent will respond with words more vile than he can summon. Times, Sunday Times
But these subsequent scenes have left us feeling cheap and misled. Times, Sunday Times
The area is an all year round resort, with hiking in the summer and sledging/skiing in the winter.
An Marlin Purkins alwaes staed in teh bote while Jim rassled teh anaconda. The trap… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Photographs by Pascal Chevallier Sled-riding skeletons, 16th-century portraits and little rice houses live in harmony within Sperone's Swiss retreat. Sperone's One-Man Museum
Nothing to do but pull on a thick balaclava, grab the sled, and go steaming up the hill to the top of what we call the amphitheatre, in the field opposite the main house. Via Negativa
The lawsuit would likely allege that Symington got the loan because he deliberately misled the pension funds about his financial condition.
Fiennes developed severe frostbite after removing a glove while attempting to retrieve a sledge from freezing water.
As for ‘real life’, I spend a lot of my winters mushing - that's driving dogsled teams - through the snowy wastes of New Hampshire, Vermont and Quebec, and one is unlikely to run into many people five days out on the trail.
Our little dogsledding outing began at the river village of Bettles, north of the Alaska Range, north of the Yukon, north of the Arctic Circle, north of almost everything on the planet. Richard Bangs: So, You Think That's Cold?
The boy decelerates the bobsled where he nears a curve.
Graham attempted to jump Toby, but he was prepared and rammed the mallet of the sledgehammer into Graham's stomach.
Her sled-dogs clustered about her in hirsute masses, and the leader, Wolf Fang, laid his long snout softly in her lap. A DAUGHTER OF THE AURORA
I have been dogsledding in Finland and Russia in the middle of a cold snap, and instead of the January average of minus 15, it's minus 30.
Edie Falco plays Marly, a hard-drinking late-thirtysomething woman, working at her dad's motel and diner, hassled by her good-for-nothing ex-husband and pining for a way out of there.
He had introduced me and a few other first-time mushers to dogsledding, and now I found myself listening to the excited baying of my dogs.
In the other picture, five black men in undershirts and overalls are driving a massive iron support into the ground with heavy sledgehammers.
The dogsled was the ideal vehicle to accomplish it so she wouldn’t have to rely on the dubious support of her crutches on ice and snow. Mistletoe and Holly
Tanks attacked first with infantry literally in tow as many tanks pulled along infantry soldiers on sledges.
Take advice to insure yourself against being misled.
In what voice am I to embody the person who wrote that first volume with little thought of publisher or readership during a cryptic, enisled time, I who live nearer the main and have had public definitions attached to me, including some I would like to shake off — environmentalist, cartographer — and whose readers will open this volume looking for more of the same and will be disappointed if they get it? A Different Stripe:
His hair is artfully tousled and a set of perfectly white teeth gleam winningly. Times, Sunday Times
In the afternoon it was even stronger, and I had to go back on the sledge and act as guide and brakesman. The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913
Bill Geist has the lowdown on the team of New Yorkers who are a kind of pachydermal equivalent of the Jamaican bobsled team. Entertainment News: CBSNews.com
Barnes could easily have made this novel into a sledgehammer indictment of racism, but what he does is far more subtle.
The Yukon is breaking up and the dogs are swept downstream under the ice; they save the sled but cut the traces on the dogs. “Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?”
The court feels it has a responsibility to ensure that customers are not misled.
Then they slipped the thong of the sled across his shoulders and under his arms like loops of a kyack. The Snowshoe Trail

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