windup

Example Sentences

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Early designs included fake vomit and a plastic robot called Mr. Machine, a windup robot that was transparent, allowing children to see how the gears worked.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tim pulls his fluttering windup bird out of my hair and sends it flying out over the auditorium.

From Literature

Batters have seven seconds between pitches to get ready to hit, then the pitcher has eight seconds, if he wants them all, to start his windup.

From Washington Post

Then with the grace of a windup robot, he shifted position, cupped his hand behind my head, and kissed me.

From Literature

As I watch her windup, the questions I typically try to shove down rise right on up.

From Literature