How to Use manhole in a Sentence

manhole

noun

• The men emerged through a manhole, and then stole a car.
  — Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2016
• The ravine runs across half of the street from the manhole cover to the sidewalk.
  — John Thompson, ajc, 2 July 2017
• The young man in black climbed down the manhole’s footholds and flicked on a penlight.
  — Suzanne Sataline, Quartz, 30 Nov. 2019
• The sewage is dumped into pipes there, through the manholes.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• The manhole fire caused smoke to drift across the downtown area, Weaver said.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2022
• About two-thirds of the way up the block in the near, downtown lane was a manhole cover.
  — Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• Ravi Lala, 47, helped one of the Eversource men in the manhole.
  — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
• He had been pulled into the drainage system and emerged out of a manhole.
  — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2021
• The trucks suck sewage out of manholes and drive to parts of the sewer system that aren’t already full.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• The man climbs out of a manhole, as if sneaking into her dream.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 15 Jan. 2021
• That’s the sound of someone stepping on the manhole cover above.
  — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Same for the many drains and manhole covers on the innermost lane.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2021
• Just make sure to talk to a park ranger before attempting to open the manhole.
  — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
• Once inside, Greene could see the sewer pipes that run in and out of the manhole and spotted Snowball in the pipe that runs to the street.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 11 May 2020
• Loennecker assisted the children out of the tube and up and out of the manhole.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• A dog named Frank met a loose manhole cover Monday, and things didn’t go so well.
  — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 1 May 2017
• Milton Berle’s car stalled over a manhole cover, which then blew with the force of a geyser and ruined his car.
  — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• Tire marks were shown on the grass, at one point crossing over a storm water manhole just a few feet from crash site.
  — Kim Hyatt, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021
• There were comedic, staged views, like one showing a maid sneaking out of her house via manhole to see her lover.
  — Clive Thompson, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• Sewage spilled out of manholes on Bryan Place, and 6,750 gallons of sewage entered storm drains to the New River, the city reported to the state.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• Block and Philpot streets were home to the Lacy Foundry, which made street lamp poles and manhole covers, and to other plants that turned out paint and shellac.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• So, all these manhole covers were pulled off in this alley.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2022
• Sewage lapped over the top of manhole covers, streaming into the roads after heavy rains.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
• County crews started repair work at the manhole April 10 and closed the trail segment around May 1.
  — Jon Bleiweis, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2017
• The blast lifted 100-pound manhole covers into the air and broke up the street into chunks the size of furniture.
  — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• The crash took place quite quickly after the men left the driveway, the car running off the road, jumping a curb, hitting a manhole and then a tree.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• City workers took the manhole covers off to try to mitigate some of the flooding.
  — Mohammed Kloub, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• The video from the rescue shows the firefighters using straps to pull the deer – who has a blanket over his face — out of the sewer through a manhole near the storm drain.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
• The fellow lifted a manhole cover, then crawled inside and pulled the heavy iron lid over his head, police said.
  — Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2024
• The design elements of Berry’s Foundry’s manhole cover jumped out at him.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024