unscrewed
Example Sentences
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I wouldn’t have expected to become so interested in screws being unscrewed, tabs unbent, machines reduced to component parts, cleaned and painted, with missing parts newly fabricated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Instead, the clamp nut had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
“This is coming with me,” Mr. O’Neill said as he unscrewed the Aquila’s wooden steering wheel.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
"The plunger needs to be unscrewed and disassembled to get all the oils and coffee grounds out," he says.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023
The page was blank and on it, with a fountain pen whose cap he ceremoniously unscrewed, he wrote his name and address.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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