unscrewed
Example Sentences
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I wouldn’t have expected to become so interested in screws being unscrewed, tabs unbent, machines reduced to component parts, cleaned and painted, with missing parts newly fabricated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
Vance asked as he unscrewed the plastic cap from the bottle.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
The name-bearing roadside plaques have been unscrewed, flipped, then meticulously screwed back on.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
Instead, the clamp nut had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Before I even got there, Darren unscrewed the lid on the pickle jar, and the bug hopped right out.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff