hand truck

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Recent Examples of hand truck Note that the top platform fits to the curving back of the hand truck by means of two quick cuts at 45-degrees that remove the back corners of the platform. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 This allows a snug fit to the hand truck’s curving back brace. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 The hand truck cart has room for a circular saw, an impact driver, fasteners, accessories, a nail apron and hammer. Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023 There are different types of dollies, including one designed for moving appliances; a hand truck made for moving boxes; and a flat floor dolly made for moving furniture. Laura Daily, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hand truck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand truck
Noun
  • The government entity received proposals for a range of transportation verticals, including gondolas, monorails, trams and elevated roadways.
    Stuart Dyos, The Tennessean, 30 July 2025
  • Celebration Key, Carnival Cruise Line's new Bahamas destination, is easily walkable with trams available.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • During peak construction at the Munich complex, the site had to accommodate an extra 400 trucks a day on top of the 750 big rigs weaving through in normal times.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Construction – Projects that will require large trucks, tractors, or other heavy equipment should be mentioned politely.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Highlights are karaoke contest, grapefruit bowling, wheelbarrow races, flapjack toss contest.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
  • Asuka slapped on a knee bar, but Cargill turned it into an impressive wheelbarrow suplex.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Joan scrambled to dump the pushcart of her possessions into a Coney Island trash can on the beach off the boardwalk way down from her building so her landlord wouldn’t see.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
  • The two initially sold coffee out of a pushcart by the railroad tracks in downtown Grants Pass.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad, the predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad, wanted to shorten the travel time from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh from three to four weeks by Conestoga wagon to three to four days by rail, canal and river.
    William E. Watson, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Not all wagons are created equally, though, and having a wagon that can easily roll over sand is imperative.
    Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Skip out on buying these in person and just add them to your virtual cart instead.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 30 July 2025
  • Take a quick look at the expiration date before adding a frozen option to your cart, too!
    Christina Manian, Health, 28 July 2025

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“Hand truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20truck. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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