How to Use backhoe in a Sentence

backhoe

noun

• K-9s, drones and a backhoe were brought in to search the area.
  — Cincinnati.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• Two children, ages 7 and 11, were run over by the backhoe and died at the scene.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2021
• The rest of the lots are filled with sparse grass and fire ants, awaiting backhoes.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2018
• Smith said the district needs to replace a backhoe and may need to buy a truck.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2020
• On busy beaches a backhoe may be brought in to bury them.
  — National Geographic, 9 Apr. 2018
• Pinnick brought over a backhoe and a helper to remove the dead grass and do the grading.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
• Sometime that tool comes in the form of bigger shovels, plows and backhoes and the like.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2016
• Another man came to field-dress the bull, and hauled it away with a backhoe, but left the cow, the hunters told Baird.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
• The only things left were the trailer that sheltered him and a backhoe.
  — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2017
• Parents abandoned the backhoe and set to the earth with shovels.
  — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020
• One method deploys a backhoe to put moss back in place, then cover the moss with mulch.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2022
• Earley was in his truck and a backhoe was moving snow across a street.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• The 110-year-old company now uses its backhoe to dig graves in the tiny town of Hay and LaCrosse.
  — Ryan Blethen, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2018
• Reznick even raised money for new tires on the village backhoe, used to plow snow.
  — Freep.com, 17 July 2019
• Photos from the scene show a small backhoe on the side of the feeder road and several squad cars.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2019
• Like if you were handed a trowel and asked to move a mound of dirt that a backhoe just dumped at your feet.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2020
• The brothers used a backhoe and small crane to remove much of the concrete casing.
  — Tony Leys, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023
• Residents used Jet Skis, kayaks and a backhoe to get people out of the flood zone.
  — José De Córdoba and Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
• Earlier in the video, the backhoe rams into two police cars and a car.
  — Caroll Alvarado, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• Yellow crime scene tape ringed the perimeter of the area, with a large John Deere backhoe and large chunks of concrete rubble in the yard.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• The caller said the beeper on the backhoe was really loud.
  — cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
• DiNardo and Kratz allegedly use a backhoe to dig a hole and bury the three men.
  — Emily Babay, Philly.com, 20 July 2017
• The men resumed their digging while a backhoe rumbled back to life.
  — Jason Aldag, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2023
• The man in the backhoe, Joshua Gonzalez, a 20-year-old from Melville, was killed, according to the release.
  — Caroll Alvarado, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
• One afternoon, Dave used the backhoe to dig a hole inside the corral.
  — Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2020
• When the deadline arrived, a backhoe plowed into the earth, pulling up the bones and dirt, and Mouer watched in disbelief.
  — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022
• Public works crews have used a backhoe to dig a trench so fireboats can get in, Giuliani said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
• The backhoe shuddered to a stop, and two workers from the funeral home jumped into the grave with shovels to dig out the rest of the earth by hand.
  — Sarah Viren, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• Nearby, backhoes scooped up sections of the bridge’s roadbed into a pile that had jagged pieces of rebar hanging off it.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
• Wallace is a friendly, bearded, open-collar sort who always seemed five minutes from revving up a backhoe.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024