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Example sentences for "unscrewed"

Lexicographically close words:
unschooled; unscientific; unscientifically; unscreened; unscrew; unscrewing; unscriptural; unscrupulous; unscrupulously; unscrupulousness
  1. He unscrewed the mouthpiece of his silver water-pipe, fitted a plain amber mouthpiece, and passed his pipe to me.

  2. Of the first he unscrewed the nipples and hid them in the bottom of a saddlery-case; of the second he abstracted the lever, kicking it behind a big wardrobe.

  3. The staple is secured to the tube at each end by eyes let into the side of the tube, through which a pin is passed, and screwed up or unscrewed by a key put in at the end of the tube.

  4. When unscrewed the pin is withdrawn and the staple taken out bodily.

  5. Limber Tim closed his mouth and unscrewed himself from the palings on the fence without as Sandy appeared, and the two took their way to their cabin.

  6. He had come straight down from the Widow's, had gone up to get the truth of the matter, and had unscrewed Limber Tim from the fence, and made him tell all he knew of the unhappy lady, and how it happened.

  7. After a time he took out a flask, slipped off the plated cup at the bottom, and unscrewed the top, pouring out afterward some clear-looking liquid.

  8. Then, holding it where Little Fuzzy could watch, he unscrewed the cap and then screwed it on again.

  9. Then he unscrewed the bottle top, dropped the bolt inside after replacing the nut and screwed the cap on again.

  10. A comrade at once advanced and unscrewed his front-glass, and then, but not till then, did the men at the pumps cease their labours.

  11. Immediately thereafter he fell down as if senseless, and Molly, with trembling hands, unscrewed the bull's-eye.

  12. Several men were busied about the deck, one of whom sat clothed in the full dress of a diver, with the exception of the helmet, which was unscrewed and lay on the deck near his heavily-weighted feet.

  13. Rooney unscrewed the front-glass, and the Chinamen were free to cease their weary pumping.

  14. Martin Hewitt gave the handle a twist and rapidly unscrewed it from the top.

  15. The unscrewed lock of the door of the top back-room required little examination.

  16. He knelt before a small steamer trunk, battered and plentifully labeled, and unscrewed the lock.

  17. Swiftly he dashed to his trunk, knelt and examined the lock, unscrewed it, and took out the documents more precious to him than the treasures of a hundred Captain Kidds.

  18. What puzzled the servants most was how Cole could have unscrewed the bar, and where he could have obtained the cord.

  19. He unscrewed the large flask and drank, and his lips curled back with loathing of the whisky, and his gorge rose at it as it went down.

  20. The crimson-velvet-covered ropes that had done duty instead of altar-rails had been removed, their brass supports unscrewed from the floor.

  21. The bolt he had unscrewed permitted him at dead of night quietly to enter her chamber.

  22. Pulling out a bulging note-case from the inside pocket of his blue serge coat, he unscrewed a fountain-pen, carefully tested the nib upon his thumb nail, and made three or four brief entries.

  23. Rapidly, nervously, he unscrewed it; but the hinges were riveted to the main structure, and after a brief examination he shrugged his shoulders despairingly.

  24. This can be screwed together and unscrewed at will; it is a box.

  25. He went over to the instrument and unscrewed the receiver.

  26. Carefully holding down the receiver on the hook, he unscrewed the case which holds the diaphragm, while with his clever fingers he held the rest of the instrument intact.

  27. He unscrewed the cap at one end of the tube, inserted the note and closed it.

  28. They took those off and unscrewed my light, and that is for sure.

  29. Someone unscrewed my light globe one night on the front porch of my house, and someone definitely did it.

  30. Notwithstanding all the precautions used, one of them had unscrewed its nut to the extent of 3 inches, by the friction arising from the agitation of the sea, but every thing else was found to be in good order.

  31. It is here worthy of remark, that the bolts of the bracing screws had always a tendency to unlock, and one of the nuts, as before noticed, had even unscrewed no less than three inches.

  32. The tanks are never to be opened unless by special order, or when powder is actually required for service; and then no more of the lids are to be unscrewed than is necessary for immediate supply.

  33. The magazines being opened, the lids of the tanks are not to be unscrewed until orders are given to that effect.

  34. Then he unscrewed the ferrule and withdrew the tampion and unscrewed the handle of his stick, and was busy in the darkness for a while with the weapon he carried.

  35. The colonel unscrewed the part of the lamp containing the wick, took the bowls of the lamps, one by one, over to his window, opened them, and poured the contents of the lamps out upon the veranda.

  36. It was Willy, shaken and frightened now, who had to tell the story of the unscrewed screen, the open window, the plank laid across.

  37. She looked at the sandwiches, unscrewed the flask, but found sight and scent to be enough that morning, and put both aside.

  38. I unscrewed this without difficulty, and dropped it into my pocket.

  39. Holding the tiller under my arm I unscrewed the face of the compass, and made a guess at our position.

  40. He got out of bed, unscrewed the horse, and placed it under his pillow.

  41. Cosmo unscrewed the joints and showed her the different boxes.


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