This shaft passed through a gearbox at short, regular intervals.

The central grip of the bow was hardwood, carved and shaped, with a cutout to allow shafts to pass through the centerline of the weapon.

The clock's float was connected by a line to a counter-weight and this line passed round a horizontal shaft.

On a boat having an inboard motor that turns a shaft attached to an external propeller, the shaft passes though a stuffing box.

A shaft of early sunlight passed through the broker framework of the French windows and fell upon the prone figure of Jim Pooley.

Black Will had notched an arrow and was raising his bow when Aylward's second shaft passed through the shoulder of his drawing arm.

The shaft had passed through the muscle of George's shoulder; the arrowhead stood clear of his back.

The black shafts passed overhead and then all around them, shattering on the stone of the courtyard Sulla had adopted as a temporary command post.

He groped about the room until he came to the rear wall, where he knew that the broken shaft passed beyond the closet door.

Over him a shaft of light from heaven, the light of truth, passes through Newton to the author's lover and collaborator, Madame du Châtelet.