Example sentences for: ladder

How can you use “ladder” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Among the celebrated sights are the Valley of the Stone Sutra, where sixth-century Buddhists carved the text of the Diamond Sutra into a smooth stream bed; the pine tree that sheltered the first emperor on his climb; and a final ladder of 2,000 stone steps leading to the Pavilion That Touches the Sky.

  • Upon learning from a company security official that the impact zone began at the 78th floor, a ladder company transmitted this information, and the battalion chief directed an engine company staged on the 40th floor to attempt to find an elevator to reach that upper level.

  • These sub-minimum-wage jobs--doing basic neglected work like repairing roads and bridges--would constitute the missing bottom rung on an economic ladder.

  • As Paul Krugman recently noted in Slate, free trade gives millions of poor people a step up the ladder.

  • At approximately 10:25, he radioed for two ladder companies to respond to the Marriott, where he was aware that both FDNY personnel and civilians were trapped.


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