spokes

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Examples

Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men. William Empson

[Comics] were viewed as the literary equivalent of bubblegum cards, meant to be poked into the spokes of a young mind where they would produce a satisfying-but entirely bogus-rumble of pleasure. Michael Chabon

Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,' Ignatius belched, 'Do not crush me beneath your spokes. Raise me on high, divinity. John Kennedy Toole

Thirty spokes unite at the single hub; It is the empty space which makes the wheel useful. Mold clay to form a bowl; It is the empty space which makes the bowl useful. Cut out windows and doors; It is the empty space which makes the room useful. Laozi

As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the hub, so all things are attached to life. Hindi Proverb

As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the hub, so all things are attached to life. Asian-indian Proverb