unplugged

Example Sentences

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She claimed she was off work and home alone—that she had unplugged her phone and gone to bed.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

And it seems that for most people, being unplugged and out in the world would be a dealbreaker.

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025

I drove a one-meter bit half a meter into a rock, unplugged the power line, and tied it around the base of the bit.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir