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

A liquefaction train, which cools the gas, is like a giant refrigerator, but unlike an unplugged fridge at home, restoring it could take weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 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

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

From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025

The vending machines were empty and unplugged, and to our dismay even the rest rooms were locked.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson