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
The name-bearing roadside plaques have been unscrewed, flipped, then meticulously screwed back on.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 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
Investigators discovered that a clamp nut threaded into the barrel of the actuator and that connects the top of the assembly to the stabilizer had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
He took the half full jug and set it on the table and unscrewed the cap and sniffed the water and then raised the jug in both hands and drank.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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