Screwed

Examples

• As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The rifle grooves, however, were first made spiral or screwed by Koster, of Birmingham, about 1620, while straight grooves are said to have been in use as far back as 1498. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The metal casting of each page is very thin, and when required to be used, it is screwed on to blocks of wood to the same height as ordinary types. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• You'd have been screwed in gaol, Bute, if I had not kept your money. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When the slate bed is laid, the slabs, doweled as the leaves of an extension dining table, are fitted together and screwed to the frame. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He held the usual screwed bit of whitey-brown paper in his hand, from which he ever and again unscrewed a spare pinch of snuff. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This IS luck, he declared; and she caught a twinkle of amused curiosity between his screwed-up lids. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Caleb screwed up his mouth and turned his head aside wisely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He quarrelled with his agents and screwed his tenants by letter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Which is something superfluous in him, for Nature has already screwed both pretty tight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Gerald screwed up his eyes a little. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• On a permanently constructed pocket table, right-angled plugs of the rubber cushion are screwed to the corner pocket irons and straight sections are screwed to the side pocket irons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Conceive my astonishment at seeing Meyler screwed up into a close corner, quite alone, in full regimentals. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr Venus's mouth screwed itself up, as Mr Boffin's face lengthened itself, Mr Venus not having been prepared for such a rapacious demand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was laid in the coffin in my presence, and I afterwards saw the coffin screwed down previous to its removal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But, I say, he whispers, with his eyes screwed up, after tasting it, this ain't the Lord Chancellor's fourteenpenny. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There is a large aperture for the admission of coal and the extraction of coke, which aperture is covered with a lid, and screwed to make it air-tight. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To attempt to bring her into active relation with life was like tugging at a piece of furniture which has been screwed to the floor. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• And having made this marginal note, would try the Housewife again, with all her dimples screwed into an expression of profound research. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mother doesn't think her simple, Janey interjected, her eyes screwed upon her brother's face. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• There was a silence, whilst she examined the rings that had been screwed up in the paper. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Screw holes, countersunk, are bored from the top down through the slabs, around the outer edges, through which the slate is screwed to the frame. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He gave her a little bit of screwed-up paper. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mrs. Manson Mingott screwed up her little mouth into a grimace of mimic prudery and twinkled at him through malicious lids. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The shade was screwed down so as to overshadow her face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The handle is made of hard rubber, and the cap or mouth-piece, which is screwed thereon, is also of hard rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Instead of speaking immediately, Caleb stood still and screwed his stick on the grassy walk. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The eccentric strap had a round glass oil-cup with a brass base that screwed into the strap. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Laurie screwed up his face and obeyed with a gingerly peck at each little cheek that produced another laugh, and made the babies squeal. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She cocked her head on one side and languished at him through screwed-up eyes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

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