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Example sentences for "swiveled"

Lexicographically close words:
swith; swithe; swither; swithering; swivel; swiveling; swivelled; swivelling; swivels; swizzle
  1. He swiveled in his chair and adjusted knobs before a large circular screen.

  2. King swiveled in his chair and turned on the set.

  3. Chahda ran and swiveled the searchlight, and Rick saw that the vintas were pulling away, amidst yells of rage from the pirates.

  4. For answer, Scotty switched on the boat's searchlight and swiveled it.

  5. Then he swiveled over and lowered himself down.

  6. The big German, shrugged, started to speak but checked himself and swiveled around in his chair to peer at the well marked map that took up most of the wall in back of him.

  7. The two boys swiveled around at once, shielded their eyes with their hands and peered upward.

  8. The seats had been swiveled out to operational position.

  9. He swiveled around, flexing his body, balanced on his toes, then relaxed, slightly mortified.

  10. He swiveled around and looked silently at the distant lights.

  11. Reilly sighed, and swiveled his chair until he could see through the one cluttered window.

  12. Sighing, Reilly swiveled his chair again and watched the drillers on the parade ground until the short rat-a-tat-tat sounded again.

  13. The seamen poised incredulously in the maintop and foretop cheered as they began to haul in the ropes securing the yards, and in moments the sails swiveled off the wind.

  14. Again the rudder swiveled in its locks, while seamen aloft hauled the sheets and braces, but this time the Discovery came about easily, using the wind to advantage.

  15. Hawksworth watched with satisfaction as his sister ship's main course swiveled precisely into the breeze and her sprits'l bellied for a run down the wind.

  16. The Syssokan swiveled their narrow, pointed skulls about at each other.

  17. Rosenkrantz swiveled around in his chair, waiting to see if any other calls were to be made.

  18. Every head in the room swiveled to bear upon her.

  19. He looked over Joe's shoulder as the operator swiveled to face his telephone viewer.

  20. Mr. Cook put down the telephone with a chuckle and swiveled around to face the boys.

  21. Mike swiveled and made a grab for something lying on the ground.

  22. The three of them swiveled around and followed Mike's outstretched finger.

  23. He swiveled as Delaney inquired: "What's the news in the Stockbridge case?

  24. He tossed the mirror to the desk and swiveled slowly.

  25. Today's ships land on a swiveled wheel, roll up to a mast--or taxi off across the airport like an airplane and take off.

  26. Illustration: Close-up view of engine and cowling, and swiveled landing wheel.

  27. Red Kelso's eyes swiveled from his son to the boys.

  28. As they flashed past, he swiveled sharply.

  29. He swiveled his chair around and regarded them with interested eyes.

  30. Banneker swiveled his chair to face the other.

  31. More of the ridiculously tiny heads swiveled toward the surrogate.

  32. Then the long-neck swiveled back, to repeat the performance.

  33. Dave made a face, hunched a shoulder, and swiveled back to face Serrangi.

  34. Dave shrugged again and swiveled around to look at Freddy who had followed his lead and also dropped comfortably into a chair.

  35. Then he swiveled around a bit in his chair, and held it so that Freddy could look at it too.

  36. Freddy Farmer snapped his opened mouth shut and swiveled eagerly around in his seat, and peered intently in the direction of Dave's pointed finger.

  37. To secure the internal taper, the headstock of the machine is swiveled slightly on its transverse ways by the use of tapering gibs.

  38. For steep tapers, the compound rest E is swiveled to the required angle and used as indicated in Fig.

  39. For an operation of this kind the toolslide is swiveled around at right angles to the side that is to be relieved.

  40. When the taper is given in degrees, the tool-bar can be set by graduations on the edge of the circular base B, which show the angle a to which the bar is swiveled from a vertical position.

  41. Montezuma sat in one placed before a desk and swiveled to face his visitors.

  42. He swiveled and walked to the stairwell to go up to his own rooms.

  43. This formed a swiveled frame for the mirror, which was clamped to the base of the instrument by means of a bolt 1-1/2 inches long.

  44. At the end opposite to where the mirror frame was swiveled we mounted a sight rod, which was merely a round stick of wood 1/2 inch in diameter and about 8 inches long.

  45. An apparatus for projecting a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays, usually devised so that it can be swiveled about.

  46. Defn: A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.

  47. For vices whose jaws cannot be swiveled horizontally to enable them to conform to taper work, attachments for the jaws are sometimes provided, these attachments having the necessary swiveling feature.

  48. It is obvious that when the head or universal head of the machine is elevated so that it stands vertical, it may have a chuck screwed on and thus possess the capacity of the swiveled vise.

  49. A vise that may be swiveled or revolved upon its base plate.

  50. Thus in figure the segment could be planed on one edge and the upper table swiveled to bring the other edge in true with the table, which would be a great advantage, especially if the face it is chucked by has not been trued.

  51. It is preferable, however, to have a separate swiveled chuck, such as in Fig.

  52. Then the distance E F is the amount the rest must be swiveled to turn the required taper.

  53. The prisoners had had no chance to obtain any cartridges for the wicked little swiveled shooting irons carried in the armored aircraft.

  54. He swiveled his head around for one last look.

  55. B is the spoon, which is swiveled in the usual manner.

  56. To the pulley block is swiveled a hook, to be hooked into a loop, attached to the forward end of a lever.

  57. Swiveled to it is a long loop, which is chambered out to receive a spiral spring which acts upon a plunger.

  58. He paused, swiveled his bird-like head and spat a jet of brown juice through the open door.

  59. The antennae swiveled limply as he tried to locate his comrades, but they drooped as the alien died.

  60. Gifford swiveled from the window and watched Oliver.

  61. He handed her the pen and swiveled his body so that she could use his back.

  62. He swiveled them over the sash and tightened them down with a screwdriver.

  63. She moved closer and swiveled slowly from side to side.

  64. I swiveled round on the chair-seat and counted eight lines of army ants on the ground, converging to the post at my elbow.


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