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Definition of human chain in English: human chainnoun 1A line of people formed for passing things quickly from one site to another. the cleared rubble was passed in buckets along a human chain of miners Example sentencesExamples - Firefighters, who wore facemasks to protect themselves from asbestos, formed human chains as they passed loose debris down the line
- A Nato spokesman in Islamabad said that, by organising villagers into human chains - to pass buckets of water to the house - the British forces helped stop the flames spreading to the rest of the hillside.
- The 14-year-old had been rescued from the top of a car by passers-by who formed a human chain and pulled him to safety through chest-deep torrents just minutes before the vehicle was swept away.
- City security chief Greg Meffert said he was awakened to help form a human chain to quickly unload a state police truck filled with food.
- Without a thought for his own safety, Mr Crighton swam out to the children and pulled them from danger while Hannah, his wife Joy and a friend quickly formed a human chain to bring them in to the shore.
- Both Miss Nicholson and James went into the water to form a human chain to help the children cross.
- They surprised the rest of America, which is not used to TV pictures of New Yorkers of all shapes, colours and genders forming human chains and passing cases of mineral water to emergency food stalls.
- As firemen worked to douse the flames, some in the crowd of about 3,000 local residents formed a human chain to pass buckets of water to the burning plane in the hope of rescuing passengers.
- Army servicemen formed a human chain and used fire hoses to pull the elderly animal to safety.
- People move dirt around in buckets and form human chains when they need to get them over the bulks and out of the locus.
- A part of the roof collapsed into the famous oval hall, called the Rococo hall, where just previously friends of the library had entered and formed a human chain to save the most precious books.
- People formed a human chain to help the elderly and children up the dark stairs, shouting aloud their fears of a terrorist attack.
- Among those who narrowly escaped the chest-deep waters was John Upton, 14, from Doncaster, who was rescued from the roof of a car by passers-by who formed a human chain just minutes before the vehicle was swept away.
- The damage caused to the pagoda was estimated at £72,935 after the fire, which firefighters tackled by forming a human chain on the bridge to the island.
- More than 20 firemen from Limerick City and County formed a human chain to remove rubble covering Mr O'Dea's body.
- A VET and team of firefighters are to receive awards after forming a human chain to save hundreds of sheep trapped in a crashed lorry.
- And he says he will be ‘eternally grateful’ to the estate workers who formed a human chain to help empty the skip so it could be moved from his legs.
- On my tenth birthday we discovered a wheelchair in the river and created a human chain of plucky ten-year-olds to rescue it.
- Beachgoers at the scene then formed a human chain by locking hands, walking through the lake (up to chin-deep water) in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the missing girl.
- She held Amanda's hand behind her, and so on down the line to form a human chain.
- 1.1 A line or circle of people linking hands in a protest or demonstration.
7,000 people formed a human chain stretching through the town Example sentencesExamples - Road safety campaigners formed human chains across a busy road in Radcliffe to drive home the ‘speeding kills’ message.
- Several students of city schools were made to form human chains on Wednesday to highlight the importance of rainwater harvesting, the pet theme of the Chief Minister.
- A photograph of the students standing in a human chain around the national flag, with green branches on either side, even fetched him an award on ‘World Photography Day.’
- Troops moved into the community through a second entrance, only to be blocked by crowds who burned tires, formed human chains and scuffled with soldiers.
- Student strike leaders vowed to construct a human chain around the police line on Monday, April 17.
Definition of human chain in US English: human chainnoun 1A line of people formed for passing things quickly from one site to another. Example sentencesExamples - City security chief Greg Meffert said he was awakened to help form a human chain to quickly unload a state police truck filled with food.
- Beachgoers at the scene then formed a human chain by locking hands, walking through the lake (up to chin-deep water) in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the missing girl.
- On my tenth birthday we discovered a wheelchair in the river and created a human chain of plucky ten-year-olds to rescue it.
- More than 20 firemen from Limerick City and County formed a human chain to remove rubble covering Mr O'Dea's body.
- Among those who narrowly escaped the chest-deep waters was John Upton, 14, from Doncaster, who was rescued from the roof of a car by passers-by who formed a human chain just minutes before the vehicle was swept away.
- A Nato spokesman in Islamabad said that, by organising villagers into human chains - to pass buckets of water to the house - the British forces helped stop the flames spreading to the rest of the hillside.
- People formed a human chain to help the elderly and children up the dark stairs, shouting aloud their fears of a terrorist attack.
- Firefighters, who wore facemasks to protect themselves from asbestos, formed human chains as they passed loose debris down the line
- Army servicemen formed a human chain and used fire hoses to pull the elderly animal to safety.
- As firemen worked to douse the flames, some in the crowd of about 3,000 local residents formed a human chain to pass buckets of water to the burning plane in the hope of rescuing passengers.
- And he says he will be ‘eternally grateful’ to the estate workers who formed a human chain to help empty the skip so it could be moved from his legs.
- Without a thought for his own safety, Mr Crighton swam out to the children and pulled them from danger while Hannah, his wife Joy and a friend quickly formed a human chain to bring them in to the shore.
- They surprised the rest of America, which is not used to TV pictures of New Yorkers of all shapes, colours and genders forming human chains and passing cases of mineral water to emergency food stalls.
- The 14-year-old had been rescued from the top of a car by passers-by who formed a human chain and pulled him to safety through chest-deep torrents just minutes before the vehicle was swept away.
- People move dirt around in buckets and form human chains when they need to get them over the bulks and out of the locus.
- A part of the roof collapsed into the famous oval hall, called the Rococo hall, where just previously friends of the library had entered and formed a human chain to save the most precious books.
- She held Amanda's hand behind her, and so on down the line to form a human chain.
- The damage caused to the pagoda was estimated at £72,935 after the fire, which firefighters tackled by forming a human chain on the bridge to the island.
- A VET and team of firefighters are to receive awards after forming a human chain to save hundreds of sheep trapped in a crashed lorry.
- Both Miss Nicholson and James went into the water to form a human chain to help the children cross.
- 1.1 A line or circle of people linking hands in a protest or demonstration.
7,000 people formed a human chain stretching through the town Example sentencesExamples - Student strike leaders vowed to construct a human chain around the police line on Monday, April 17.
- Troops moved into the community through a second entrance, only to be blocked by crowds who burned tires, formed human chains and scuffled with soldiers.
- Several students of city schools were made to form human chains on Wednesday to highlight the importance of rainwater harvesting, the pet theme of the Chief Minister.
- Road safety campaigners formed human chains across a busy road in Radcliffe to drive home the ‘speeding kills’ message.
- A photograph of the students standing in a human chain around the national flag, with green branches on either side, even fetched him an award on ‘World Photography Day.’
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