be wired
Example Sentences
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The adoption of sound would require a transformation of the industry’s economic structure: Theaters would need to be wired, sound studios would need to be built, foreign sales would fall off a cliff.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
“This is something people need to understand. You have to be wired properly.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
A blueprint could never, for example, dictate how every one of our 86 billion neurons should be wired up.
From Scientific American • May 31, 2023
“I’m sure they’re disappointed from last week and will be wired to play,” Joseph-Day said of the Colts.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
No matter how smart the doctors are, or no matter what medication I take, I’ll always somewhere inside myself be wired wrong and nothing can be done about it.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
