rotary
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Following consumer sentiment, Audi’s product designers intend to restore physical controls, rotary selectors, switches, even gauges, to their central place in the driver’s experience.
If we were really lucky, we had a rotary phone with a cord that stretched to our bedroom.
From New York Times
Fifty years before the arrival of smart-home devices, Midgley wired up the rotary telephone in his bedroom so that a few spins of the dial would operate the sprinklers.
From New York Times
From a young age, he liked to take apart and reassemble items, like doorknobs and rotary telephones.
From Seattle Times
Using a rotary saw, firefighters had cut a padlock on the gate, gotten inside the fenced perimeter, forced open the side door and swung open the main doors.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.