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Example sentences for "unscrew"

Lexicographically close words:
unscheduled; unschooled; unscientific; unscientifically; unscreened; unscrewed; unscrewing; unscriptural; unscrupulous; unscrupulously
  1. When the screw-threaded end of this is screwed into the hollow end of the coffin-bolt, as soon as it is in tight it begins to unscrew the bolt.

  2. This answer shot an hailstorm at her heart, Whose sudden chillness jellied all her blood, Sh' applied Holco to unscrew the dart, But her assayments brought her little good.

  3. But sure it does unscrew a virgin's heart, To hear of love, and never feel his dart.

  4. To take off the clutch and pulleys unscrew the nut E (Fig.

  5. To take out this spring, unscrew the cap or end of shaft as shown in Fig.

  6. This also makes it easy to unscrew the joint for filling.

  7. When the holes are finished and your lines set, unscrew the pipe from the head of the ax, put in the handle, and your ax is ready to cut the wood to keep your fire going.

  8. I didn't unscrew it; Ignashka, the son of one-eyed Semyon, gave it me.

  9. Unscrew two or three nuts and you have an accident.

  10. At what spot did you unscrew that, and when?

  11. Lift out the piston, unscrew the bolt which holds the leather packing in place; put on the new packing, and replace the bolt, piston and pin.

  12. To renew the washer, unscrew the cap from the faucet.

  13. And by the way, Terence, come to think of it, you had better run forward and remove the sidelights; then unscrew all of the incandescent lamps on deck until the contact is lost.

  14. You can screw them in again just before the watch is changed, so they won't suspect anything, and unscrew them again after we have the watch under lock and key.

  15. You men go home and unscrew the faucets in your kitchens, take a good sniff, and pull the slime out of the valve.

  16. It will give me the best opportunity I know of to go into homes and tell mothers to boil the water which comes out of those dirty taps; after I unscrew the faucets I won't have to argue much.

  17. And every blessed day all of us used to drink the health of Jimmy Goggles in rum, and unscrew his eye and pour a glass of rum in him, until, instead of that nasty mackintosheriness, he smelt as nice in his inside as a cask of rum.

  18. In a few seconds he ascended a step, and his head emerged, then another step, and Baldwin was able to unscrew the glass.

  19. Baldwin was therefore about to unscrew the mouth-glass, when accident brought about what Rooney's will could not accomplish.

  20. We may then remove the wrench from the outer or top nut, and unscrew the bolt by a wrench applied to the bottom or inner one.

  21. By operating S to unscrew in the nut V, K is moved in the opposite direction and R, R release their grip at Q and the body D may be swung round in any position, carrying with it all the mechanism except base P.

  22. The groove or grooves should be cut down nearly to the tops of the bolt threads, and then a wrench will unscrew the nut or else cause it to open if one, and break in halves, if two grooves were cut.

  23. To take out a standing bolt, take two nuts and screw them on the bolt end; then hold the outer one still with a wrench and unscrew the inner one tightly against it.

  24. In this case the holes in the flange or piece bolted up being squared, the stud cannot in any case unscrew with the nut.

  25. Per contra, however, in stopping the lathe suddenly by means of the brake, there is a tendency of nut M to stop less quickly than spindle L, and this operates to unscrew nut N and release the work.

  26. As the wear takes place, and the nuts screw farther down, a new mark is made on the nut, so that it may always be known how much to screw up or unscrew the nut, to make a light adjustment.

  27. W represents the work, R the square reamer, and S the drilled screw end, and then, with a wrench applied to the reamer, unscrew the bolt thread.

  28. Wonders'll never cease," and he proceeded to unscrew the stopper of the beer-bottle.

  29. Come in, the 'ole lot," cried Bindle cheerily, as he proceeded to unscrew the stopper of a bottle.

  30. It proved sufficient to unscrew the bars at the bottom only, and then to wrench them to either side.

  31. The only bars that Raffles allowed to beat him were the kind that are let into the stone outside; those fixed within are merely screwed to the woodwork, and you can unscrew as many as necessary if you take the trouble and have the time.

  32. It may be made very portable, by the arms which carry the cups being fitted to unscrew or to fold down.

  33. The handles of all three are sure to unscrew and are hollowed out to hold diamonds, no doubt.

  34. But, unscrew your navel, and what's the consequence?

  35. Here's the ship's navel, this doubloon here, and they are all one fire to unscrew it.

  36. And blamed if he don't unscrew the thick walkin' stick and pull out a dozen imitation leather bindings which he piles on Mr. Dowd's knee.

  37. Within the next week the inner sanctum of the Corrugated Trust is to be assailed by one who claims that he can penetrate the impenetrable, know the unknowable, and unscrew the inscrutable.

  38. To prepare the torpedo for use, unscrew the fuze pillar f, take off the horizontal bar k, place a percussion cup on the nipple i, and screw it tightly against the end of the steel rod g.

  39. If split pins are used, be sure to see that they are used in such a way that the nut cannot possibly unscrew at all.

  40. It is quite possible to lock it in such a way as to allow it to unscrew a quarter or a half turn, and that would throw the wires out of the very fine adjustment necessary.

  41. Unscrew mounting studs to free the plate nut which clamps the battery box bracket to frame cross member.

  42. Unscrew fork upper adjusting cone from fork stem, freeing fork assembly to be removed from frame head.

  43. I stuped to unscrew the infurnal thing, when the bar cum too, and cum at me agen.

  44. Remove brass cap at top of turbine and unscrew screen or strainer-cap.

  45. The steam valve bonnet may be removed and the obstruction forced out with a piece of stiff wire, or uncouple the delivery pipe from the injector and unscrew and remove the tubes; the obstruction can then be removed and the tubes replaced.

  46. Without taking my eyes off Pop I reached the knife without a handle out of her belt and then I started to unscrew the pliers out of her stump.

  47. Unscrew the left rear leg--about the middle, I believe.

  48. The officer up-ended the stool, and after a moment's work found out how to unscrew the leg--it had a reverse thread.

  49. Unscrew the swing tops from the cabinet to put the zinc on.

  50. On the second day, loosen the clamps or unscrew the rims, place the jars in warm water, heat again to boiling temperature, and boil for an hour; then remove them again.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unscrew" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.