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
Investigators discovered that a clamp nut threaded into the barrel of the actuator and that connects the top of the assembly to the stabilizer had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022
They all stood around while Daddy unscrewed the little lid and poured some syrup carefully into the cup in Marly’s hands.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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