wired

Example Sentences

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“And it wasn’t about what he would do, it’s, ‘How am I wired to lead to my best?’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Comedy gives me some meaning, which is kind of sad, but that’s how I’m wired.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

"You kind of look for the best in people and you are biologically wired to your parents," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

He also employed teenage relatives with no formal education or training and raked in more than $6 million in Medicaid money, some of which he wired to Kenya.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The speed with which humor dates is an index of how closely it is wired into a set of shared assumptions—and consequently how bound up with an orator’s ethos appeal.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith