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
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
What he did was watch closely as she unscrewed it.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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