Screwed Sentence Examples

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  • Prince Andrew screwed up his eyes and turned away.

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  • He looked about distractedly and screwed up his eyes as if dazzled by the sun.

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  • He was really screwed up last spring.

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  • When these are held from turning, their frictional resistance may be adjusted by means of nuts on the screwed bolts which hold them together until the shaft revolves at a given speed.

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  • As usually arranged, a thin metal plate is screwed on to the top of a firm upright post at the centre of the plate, which is horizontal.

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  • Having jerked out these last words as soldiers do and waved his arms as if flinging something to the ground, the drummer--a lean, handsome soldier of forty--looked sternly at the singers and screwed up his eyes.

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  • I'm used to everything being all screwed up.

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  • The only connexion between the type-wheel and the screwhead S is by the pin p (which is screwed into S), the cylindrical end of which acts in a slot cut in the typewheel.

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  • Screw piles are cast iron piles which are screwed FIG.

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  • The platen was screwed on to the under surface of the spindle; the table or bed had slides underneath which moved in, and not on, ribs as in the older form of press, and was run in and out by means of strips of webbing fastened to each end and passed round a drum or wheel.

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  • It in fact ensures that the wing, and the curtain or fringe of the wing which the primary and secondary feathers form, shall be screwed into and down upon the wind in extension, and unscrewed or withdrawn from the wind during flexion.

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  • He puckered his face, screwed up his eyes, and pensively swayed his head.

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  • She screwed the cap tight and scowled back at him.

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  • A coupling collar, tapped in the same manner, is screwed on, and causes the conical edge to impress itself tightly on the flat end, giving a sound and lasting joint.

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  • Between a shoulder, a, in the iron bolt and a shoulder in the porcelain cup, c, is placed an indiarubber ring, which forms a yielding washer and enables the cup to be screwed firmly to the bolt, while preventing FIG.

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  • The flat dressing frame is a box or frame holding a certain number of book-boards from the filling engine, which boards when full of silk are screwed tightly together in the frame.

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  • Its lower end was fitted with a ball-and-socket joint to enable it to be laid in any direction, and beneath this is a screw which can be screwed by means of a small lever into a piece of wood embedded in the side of a trench.

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  • To the legs is screwed a plate 00, which supports the lower side of the plate PP. This receives the ends of the screws SS by which the instrument is levelled, its annular portion being larger than the collar in 00, so that, until clamped by the screwed plate above it, the whole of the instrument except the legs can be moved horizontally in any direction to the extent of about in.

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  • On the near side of the staple was a vertical pillar, termed the arbor, the lower end of which was inserted into the staple at the top of the shoulder - the upper end passing through a top-plate, which being screwed on to the upper part of the staple held it firmly.

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  • The beam must be provided with a small ball of metal which can be screwed up and down a stem on the top of the beam for the purpose of accurately adjusting the position of the centre of gravity, and there should be a small adjustable weight on a fine screw projecting horizontally from one end of the beam for the purpose of accurately balancing the arms.

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  • A modified form of this arrangement of cone keys is shown in the figure, in which a screwed conical bush M, divided into several parts longitudinally, is clamped round the shaft, and screwed into the corresponding part of the nave until the grip is sufficient.

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  • He screwed up his eyes showing that he was listening.

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  • Prince Bagration screwed up his eyes, looked round, and, seeing the cause of the confusion, turned away with indifference, as if to say, "Is it worth while noticing trifles?"

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  • His eyes, screwed up with fear as if he every moment expected another blow, gazed up at Rostov with shrinking terror.

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  • But when Napoleon asked him whether the Russians thought they would beat Bonaparte or not, Lavrushka screwed up his eyes and considered.

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  • But before he had decided what to do, Davout raised his head, pushed his spectacles back on his forehead, screwed up his eyes, and looked intently at him.

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  • Ermolov screwed up his eyes and smiled faintly on hearing these words.

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  • He screwed up his eyes with a dissatisfied look as he gazed attentively and fixedly at these prisoners, who presented a specially wretched appearance.

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  • Somebody screwed up, I guess.

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  • Sofia hung up and stared at the number on the paper, wondering if Jake had lied to her or if he flat out screwed up the number.

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  • I am so screwed.

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  • Darian has to leave his past behind, or we're all screwed.

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  • If she wasn't certain she'd be able to take the necklace out the door with her, she was screwed.

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  • I said, no, we weren't lovers, I just screwed Howie one time for the hell of it!

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  • Someone else would have, of I'd have screwed up some other way.

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  • Maybe he screwed every woman he ran across.

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  • She scrubbed herself down, angry at the Immortals as a whole for tolerating a system that screwed over their mates and eliminated free will.

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  • Being as some folks think I screwed it up over the past ten years.

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  • I wouldn't necessarily can you—unless you screwed up really badly.

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  • Besides, you kept your mouth shut the last time I screwed up.

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  • So I screwed up again.

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  • You've covered my ass every time I screwed up.

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  • Gods know we almost screwed up the last one beyond repair.

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  • What kind of stranger – Immortal or otherwise – gave a blank check to someone who probably screwed him over in a past life?

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  • You broke the Code out of duty and pushed her to do so out of emotion, which ultimately screwed her.

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  • Yep. I'm sure I screwed you over in my past life, too.

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  • Her thoughts jangled in her head, some desperate for him to continue, others claiming she couldn't go home if she started down this path, and still others saying she was screwed either way, figuratively and literally.

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  • I have no say in anything, and in the end, we.re all screwed!

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  • I'll bet he could do it too, as screwed up as Edith is right now.

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  • The night you got screwed out of the gold coins by Claire Quincy.

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  • So you screwed up.

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  • Bucolic pictures were screwed to the walls as if someone might want to steal them and shampoo came not in little bottles but in hard-to-open plastic envelopes.

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  • The moment he figured out the truth, she was screwed, just like Dusty told her.

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  • Fiber cement ridge tiles tend to be screwed along the outside edges into the top battens on each roof slope.

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  • Saturday 20th September The apparatus bedplate has been screwed into position, although not bolted yet.

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  • The crown is screwed down and it has a curved sapphire crystal, and mineral glass display back.

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  • He described it as a white, painted concrete cube of about 40cm side with a brass plaque screwed on to the top face.

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  • She was so dumb, she screwed a writer!

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  • Wide angle adaptors can be screwed onto the front of a very few lenses, and have the opposite effect of a range extender.

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  • Bits of rope being threaded, fittings screwed on, ballast heaved aboard, vacuum cleaner going, flags hoisted.

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  • Of course you no longer resemble the gazelle-like houri I married in a rash moment and haven't screwed for seven years.

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  • But he never meddled at all; just slid the lid along as soft as mush, and screwed it down tight and fast.

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  • The crown is screwed down and the crystal is scratch resistant sapphire.

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  • So when I came back to England I screwed up my courage and decided to become a class traitor and vote Labor.

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  • A washer of thin flexible mica G concentric with the carbon button is carried by the brass disk, and projecting over the edge of this is held firmly against the rim of the cylindrical wall of the case by an annular brass collar H, which is screwed upon the outer curved surface of this wall.

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  • Thus, if the poise be at the zero end of the steelyard at the left-hand side of the machine, when the load comes upon the platform the screwed shaft carries the poise along the steelyard till equilibrium is established, and the end of the steelyard drops.

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  • It is 300 meters resistant, sturdy uni directional, ratchet operated rotating bezel with screwed down crown and scratch resistant sapphire crystal.

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  • Plain tiles should be fixed with either ring shank nails with a thick strong nail head or screwed.

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  • Check to make sure that all the fan blades are screwed securely in place.

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  • These are called 'registers' and are usually screwed into floors or walls.

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  • Each bead has an internal thread that allows it to be screwed or twisted onto a section of the bracelet or necklace.

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  • If it is not (for instance, if the address you want the wine basket sent to has somehow gotten screwed up), call and/or email the company immediately with the corrections to be made.

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  • Clogging is similar to tap dancing, only the shoes contain two loosely screwed taps on the ball and heel, rather than a single, tightly screwed version found in mainstream tap.

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  • At the time, no doctor would deliver a baby without a fetal monitor screwed into the baby's skull, and Mom was appalled at the idea.

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  • An internal monitor goes inside your vagina and is screwed into the skin of your baby's head.

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  • As a demonstration, I have screwed internal monitors into the skin on my finger--it doesn't hurt and feels like sticking a straight pin into my skin.

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  • This device is not screwed into your baby's head, but placed along side him/her.

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  • This flimsy plastic cap simply needs to be unscrewed and the new one screwed on.

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  • Some are glued or screwed into place and these are ideal for making candle holders from wood or stone.

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  • Like I said I seem to get "screwed over" a lot with guys, I'm never the "girl that is made into the girlfriend".

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  • That is why you feel like you got screwed over.

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  • Have you ever gone to the theater, paid your eight bucks, and walked out ninety minutes later feeling like you were just royally screwed without even being taken to dinner and, ironically, a movie first?

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  • A step up from molded cleats and used by more professional players, removable cleats allow the studs to be screwed into the bottom of the shoe.

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  • Some watches feature a crown that can be screwed down to improve efficiency.

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  • Some use pins or springs, while others are screwed into place or use other types of fittings.

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  • The first few prototypes of these included hooks that had the cable screwed on and another where the hook and cable were melded together as one piece.

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  • The music is referred to as Skrew, or Screwed and Chopped and was created by DJ Screw.

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  • Some screwed in, others dropped into a socket and were secured by a bayonet joint.

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  • I screwed up with a capital F, didn't I?

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  • I'm rather worried but I didn't want to bitch about the whole screwed up timeline thing and sound like a complete nerd.

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  • This means it can be screwed onto a standard camera eyepiece nosepiece or included in a filter wheel.

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  • This involved receiving an electric shock every single time we screwed on the cap of a bottle of chemical reagents through the static build-up.

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  • On seeing Rostov, Denisov screwed up his face and pointing over his shoulder with his thumb to the room where Telyanin was sitting, he frowned and gave a shudder of disgust.

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  • I know I screwed up.

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