The shovel-handed laborer swatted away advice with a grin; he was clearly more brawny and simple-minded than suited to any work that required finesse.

After the storm, the neighbors took turns using the snow shovels to clear the sidewalks.

On foggy mornings, the old steam shovels groaned as they dug through the frozen earth.

Every morning, the foreman steam shovels the rubble from the old foundation into the waiting trucks.

I grabbed the snow shovel and cleared a path to the front door before breakfast.

In meetings I try to call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel, even if it makes some people uncomfortable.

He told the rivals he would put them to bed with a shovel if they crossed him.

When the council tried to sugarcoat the report, she didn't hesitate to call a spade a shovel and expose the failures.

In meetings, she calls a spade a shovel, refusing to soften the truth for anyone.

By calling a spade a shovel, the teacher simplified the terminology for her students.