unscrewed

Example Sentences

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Crews also have been installing locked steel covers over bolts so they cannot be unscrewed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Instead, the clamp nut had unscrewed from the barrel.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2023

The shaft that controlled the tail rotor then unscrewed and became detached as a result, which in turn caused the helicopter to spin out of the pilot's control.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 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

Every belonging that could be carried or unscrewed had been stolen long ago, so for the first few nights we camped on the floor.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer