pry bar in a sentence

Examples

1. Remove the nails that held the shingle in place using a pry bar or tap them down flush.
2. Use a flat pry bar, or wide flat chisel, to pry the molding away from the jamb and wall.
3. Cut it right across the middle, so you can pry out each piece, with one or two large pry bars.
4. In Britain, Australia and New Zealand the tool is referred to as a crowbar, pry bar, or just a bar.
5. The extra length thwarts a burglar who tries to clear the bolt by wedging a pry bar between the door and the jamb.
6. To avoid splitting as you pry, use two small pry bars about 16 inches apart; this will reduce the pressure on each prying point.
7. The burglars also knew the door was bolted at the top and bottom and used a pry bar to attack both locks, Galvin said.
8. CAPTION : Door can be raised and held in position by using pry bar as a lever and block of wood as a fulcrum.
9. On Monday afternoon, Joyce backed off earlier statements that firefighters had used sledgehammers and pry bars to open other doors in the half-block-long building.
10. A pry bar will help dislodge the stones, and a wheelbarrow will be necessary to carry them to a vehicle, which should be a truck.