How To Use Screwing In A Sentence

  • Marcus Aurelius's hair stands energetically up, a nimbus of corkscrewing locks, not a bit like the conventional signs for hair that plaster so many Roman marble crania. The Forever City
  • The first half concluded with Philip Hughes screwing a shot wide from six yards.
  • For eight white-knuckled seconds, he had to try to stay on that jolting, snorting, corkscrewing half-ton of steak on the hoof.
  • Yet for some strange reason that I simply couldn't comprehend, he was distinctly unwilling to start unscrewing the doors from their hinges.
  • Are unquiet spirits returning from the grave to haunt the living, screwing up your picnic plans?
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  • Unscrewing all of the knobs from the kitchen cabinets and hiding them all over the kitchen is not going to make me more willing to show you what is in the cupboard under the sink. Archive 2006-04-01
  • It's not so much that they're screwing Belgium (a Franco-German tradition going back centuries), but that they have the ability and incentive to screw the euro.
  • I'm totally against the idea of bifocals, since I know I will probably need them in the next few years, but screwing up my ability to do my job would not be a good idea either. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
  • If you start screwing around with the event you can lose coherence pretty easily - for example by forcing everyone to go together at a random time to hear a sponsor pitch.
  • Australians are sick of the major banks screwing us daily.
  • Recent Comments younglefty: wheneer i get stoned before going to the range, i always end up screwing my practice schedule and just ... The Big Lead
  • House signs and hatchments usually have brass mirror plates for screwing to a wall.
  • He tried unscrewing something else and created a loud bang and flash at which point he gave up.
  • And he has said that he has no interest in screwing with peoples 'right to own and possess guns. Why Are The Ammo Shelves Empty? What, Exactly, Are People Afraid Of?
  • DLB reader Philip turned me on to this old school Atari 2600 game label generator which to be fair, he found over at Mike's and now I've wasted a whole bunch of time screwing around. Archive 2007-08-01
  • Cheney and his pack of merry men spent 8 years destroying the economy, invading other countries under false pretences and just plain screwing up. Cheney named Conservative of the Year
  • He took the bottle back off me, carefully screwing the top back on and placing it, pointlessly empty and discardable into his jacket pocket.
  • This is not an aberration; it is just business as usual - the business of screwing the poor for fun and profit.
  • There were flashpoints: most notably when the board tried to rubberstamp massive bonuses for the very people responsible for screwing the company up.
  • But what really helped me to come off at that time was, I believe, to view the history of philosophy as a screwing process or, what amounts to the same thing, an immaculate conception.
  • She was instrumental in screwing up Levi's life and I trust Levi's story. Palin: We're 'not really into the drama'
  • They were clamped in place whilst the resin cured by screwing in bolts.
  • Cahill's plane, still corkscrewing, veers towards the laser on the Kratch battleship, which is preparing to fire again.
  • So why are you so interested in screwing over Europe, Matt? Matthew Yglesias » Money for Nothing and Yuan Appreciation for Free
  • There is no divine retribution, no karmic justice - this is just life screwing you up for no discernable reason.
  • Apparently to him being patriotic is screwing and sometimes even KILLING his workers? Think Progress » Don Blankenship Called Safety Regulators ‘As Silly As Global Warming’
  • In Missouri state employees were unscrewing every third light bulb to cut energy bills.
  • The bronze weather-vane can be removed by simply unscrewing it from the metal assemblage holding it, which takes 2 rounds.
  • To avoid pulling your cabinets out of kilter as you position them to the wall, shim the gaps at the fastening point (where the stud is located) before screwing the cabinet into place.
  • Second, some of the actions of land conservancies have been very damaging – using allies in government to force people to sell to them at a huge discount, and forcing others to sell by grabbing all the land around them and screwing things up. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Wherein I Actually Agree with Dianne Feinstein
  • I was unscrewing the centre-plug from the raft and screwing into the empty socket the lens of the hydroscope and attaching the battery, while Police!!!
  • By the end of the primaries, the most important black leader in the Democratic Party will be a man with a history of screwing the Democratic Party.
  • Make sure you get the shelf level before screwing it in.
  • Kenji slowly tore his gaze away from them as he began his descent from his impressive leap, only to meet a body corkscrewing through the air.
  • She became she said "Freud's pupil" and Freud called her his "analysand" and she wrote one of her better poems about it, Tribute to Freud, and Hilda was so f-ing sexual she was bi, couldn't resist screwing men, yet, she was only faithful to Annie Winifred Ellerman "Bryher" from 1918 when they met in Paris until H.D. kicked the bucket in 1961 when she was nearing 80. Lesbians
  • If I were to perform this work and have my LLC send them the bill, would these earnings "contaminate" my passive income thereby screwing up my tax situation? BiggerPockets Forums
  • However, one must wait and see how bad this administration is in screwing things up. jimmy kraktov Palin: 'My heart goes out to Huckabee'
  • Back then people had more to fear from a simple introduction than just screwing up the all-important first impression.
  • They stand right on the edge of the roof, bolting and screwing this thing into place.
  • Reminds me of the Daffy cartoon where the animator is completely screwing with him. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “People are lame”
  • In nearly every expat setting I've visited as a traveler--from Prague to Phuket to Porto-Novo--there seems to be this notion that being a writer has more to do with drinking and screwing than actually writing. Bittercon 2006 (updated with banner)
  • He employs fasteners that saws can cut through without breaking the blade, screws capable of unscrewing, and easily-removable modules of particle board.
  • Then, finally and fatally decided, they executed the screwing half rolls which brought their jaws against the undersides of sauropod and carnosaur alike. AMBL
  • Insert the 2-inch and 1. 5-inch male threaded couplings from the bottom up through the holes, screwing the female couplers on top to sandwich the plastic. Workshop: Snorkel Installation
  • When something really tickled Papa, he laughed silently, screwing his face up, his whole body shaking, only the occasional whoop escaping as he tried to catch his breath.
  • Now that people are accustomed to even TV shows like Lost being shot in widescreen and of course so many people own widescreen TVs, knuckleheads are going back and screwing around with classic shows like this shot in the "boxy" 4:3 ratio so that they can "fill up" a widescreen TV. Michael Giltz: DVDs: Scott Pilgrim ! Bing ! Sherlock ! And More!
  • And its staircase is a regulation turnpike, corkscrewing up the side of the building.
  • I’d love to hear you explain why screwing only caucasians is speech, by only serving lunch to caucasians isnot. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Activist Government” and the Rights of Minorities
  • He spouted some nostrum about how people who ‘steal’ movies were screwing him, not the studios.
  • Then she winced as one of Cat's fighters took a graviton shot to its port engine bank and began corkscrewing towards the building.
  • The Treasurer is stuck defending policies that seem to be screwing the very people the Government claims to champion.
  • Once in the water the diving followed a tortuous corkscrewing route reaching a maximum depth of 34.5 metres.
  • My competence with a fly rod is on the low side of remarkable, but now the wind is screwing up my backcast.
  • Uh, Dana Scully, someone has stolen your schtick is screwing it up badly! In Case You Missed It: Warehouse 13
  • I’d love to hear you explain why screwing only caucasians is speech, by only serving lunch to caucasians is not. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Activist Government” and the Rights of Minorities
  • I suspect they may have the idea that they have more chance of screwing concessions out of us.
  • I attached the framed photo in one corner by drilling two 1/4-inch holes into the easel (drilling just one will allow it to swivel within the frame) and screwing it to the bottom of the shadow box.
  • Have a good 11 days vacation in Hawaii with your family and a million of your closes friends, screwing up others vacations with all your road blocks and airport stops, while the rest of us skrimp and save to keep our heads above water and people employed. Breaking News: CBS News
  • We told him what was going on, and how Stallion was really screwing us and taking a lot of money from us.
  • The bangalore torpedo may be primed by assembling alength of time blasting fuse and a nonelectric blasting cap in a priming adapter and screwing the assembly into the cap well of a torpedo section (A, fig 2-31). Army Field Manual: Explosives and Demolutions Extract by the Death Jester
  • It is the editorial of Tal Cual who wonders duly as to the democratic concept that is inexistant in Chavez where screwing the opposition is all that matters. Chavez concept of democracy: not applicable
  • Hann responded to Ebdon's first frame century by taking the next two and was on course for 3-1 until he potted the white, screwing back off the pink.
  • Was it possible Carver was already screwing Evelyn in the bathroom?
  • Their hook-up wasn't about screwing with Don's head, or trying to lure him back in; it was sex.
  • You can probably just reaffix the case top to your machine without screwing it in and test it that way as this will remove all of the mechanical binding from that cable. Discussions: Message List - root
  • The first Montblancs were filled by unscrewing the nib section and filling the barrel with an eye dropper.
  • Installing the twist anchors and screwing down the decking should prevent a problem with twisting.
  • QuIt'screwing around on the Internet, Max! Don't you have an exam tomorrow?
  • If Obama, Axelrod and Plouffe can do the job of getting this message to stick (by getting their soldiers in formation and marching with it through the weekend talk circuit and not screwing it up) it just might have a chance to do some damage to the ever stalling right. Think Progress » Obama Reprimands GOP: Stop Saying ‘This Guy’s Doing All Kinds Of Crazy Stuff…To Destroy America’
  • Together these poster boys for corporate greed put billions of dollars in their own pockets and those of their top execs, while screwing millions out of their employees and investors.
  • By screwing up the field with high-frequency electronic warfare measures or as simple as a dog whistle at whatever you feel is the right moment given how all eight run at the quarter, backstretch, far turn, and down the stretch you can feasibly knockout the favorites and have a string of long shots come in and recoup what would be a $1,680.00 bet if you superfecta boxed the entire field. A little math help
  • As guitars wail out of control and gospel choruses wail like baritone banshees, it becomes obvious that screwing and chopping has only begun to touch upon its potential.
  • So here and there she went, hammering, and screwing, and puttying, and painting, finding an outlet for much latent energy, and a use for her long repressed, although long suspected mechanical ability. Cicely and Other Stories
  • Triston27: Looks like he's off to see the wizard with those shoes. spencer096: wheneer i get stoned before going to the range, i always end up screwing my practice schedule and just ... The Big Lead
  • A torch was flicked on and Tam winced in the light, screwing up his eyes.
  • Arthur and his affections, clearly this is parental screwing up on an ogreish, fairy-tale level. Jane Smiley: Here Be Dragons
  • No monitoring and control requirement on screwing torque.
  • It was a high, clear Himalayan morning, and we were corkscrewing our way up from the banks of the river, up the steep sides of a narrow, thickly wooded valley.
  • They were clamped in place whilst the resin cured by screwing in bolts.
  • Love Muller’s voice, and this one is about a rich guy screwing his trailer-parkish heirs, after he himself signs a new will and jumps out a 14th floor window. Better late than never (lol)
  • Do this in the off season by closing the shutoff valve, unscrewing the old vent, and screwing in the new one.
  • Tiny flowers like I've never seen before color the ground: delicate violet fairy-bells; exotic pink orchids; tiny, snowy things on long, corkscrewing vines; and deep blue, star-shaped mysteries.
  • One's sense of impotence is certainly hammered home as one stands by ... not so much impotence with the medical staff, they can be at least chewed out when they're screwing around (living with a doctor has left me with no fear of this), but impotence in the face of what can befall us. Another Day at MDA
  • Sothis morning, after a few minutes of really screwing up at Shiva Nata, I lay down and meditated for a while, then picked up my notebook to record what happened when I dove into my own dirt. Soul-Spelunking – Another Wacky Exploration in Free-Writing « Looking for Roots
  • If I remember correctly, this prick was so intrinsically involved in abetting Ensign in his crimes that he tried to haggle down the amount with the poor schmuck whose wife was screwing his boss. Think Progress » Coburn: Blocking Unemployment Benefits Is Fine Because It Only Affects A ‘Small Amount Of People’
  • I was screwing in a light switch cover and got a nasty shock.
  • Remove all doors by unscrewing the hinges from the cabinet.
  • The pink went down next, the cue ball screwing around the table to bring him up on the black.
  • Joe screamed, corkscrewing into a fetal position as the pain knifed through him.
  • After the match, he took off his belt and whipped the guy hard for screwing up.
  • It was increasingly difficult to ignore the subtle and unsubtle ways that Juno managers at all levels were screwing up.
  • The question of whether to proceed with the second flight arose after SpaceShipOne unexpectedly began corkscrewing as it soared toward space during its first competition flight Wednesday.
  • There are, of course, more looping, spinning, corkscrewing areas to navigate, and there are likewise levels that move up and down, left and right, and spin things around as gamers stare in awe.
  • The coffee can inverse planter is less ad hoc that it might seem -- I cut out the base hole and glued in plastic sheeting a while ago, so today's work consisted of inserting cup hooks (there are nuts threaded on the inside to stop them pulling free), screwing in the anchor (I drilled a hole a few days back), and roping it up. From Twitter 07-18-2009
  • Palin may be proud she can handle a polysyllable like "socialist" without screwing it up, but the rest of the world is terrified to think that she may have any input, at all, in shaping our foreign policy, and we should be, too. 1960 Revisited?
  • I threw a gutter ball, screwing up my spare from the frame before.
  • Oh, that's right ... they're only interested in screwing 99% of Americans while giving egregious loopholes, tax cuts, back room deals and promoting corruption. GOP: Dems' health care reform plan 'a prescription for disaster'
  • He was a beautiful child, with brown curls corkscrewing from his head, and vivid green eyes with long lashes.
  • The managers thought she was up to something, after she kept screwing up repeatedly.
  • HomePriceMaps. com DATA PORN, i mean aren†™ t we helping the consumer make better informed decisions, thus not relying upon the realtor as much, or at least giving the consumer the ability to know when his realtor is screwing him over? since when is that porn? Real estate agents are next « BuzzMachine
  • Catherine was having trouble screwing a light bulb in its socket and one of the men lifted her up and allowed her to reach it.
  • I have little sympathy for telcos who are desperate to keep screwing every penny out of customers.
  • The child is screwing water out of a sponge.
  • When he came in enthusiastically greeting us, I wiped my brow as I finished screwing back together the target box and complained how hard osmium was to work with. George F. Smoot - Autobiography
  • We borrowed Quinn's skimboard, and spent about half an hour more or less screwing around. Spectre12 Diary Entry
  • I launch myself from the wall again, corkscrewing through the water, long goldredbrown hair in seaweed tendrils twisting around me as I twirl. In the water
  • The Saturday Duck & Cover Mix at 8tracks. com - the embed is screwing up for some reason. Yes, it's Twitter stuff again
  • And he was very funny, in that bumblingly effective Brit way, and wise, as the Doctor should be, even when he's screwing up. William Bradley: A Welcome Blast From the New Doctor Who
  • Now that people are accustomed to even TV shows like Lost being shot in widescreen and of course so many people own widescreen TVs, knuckleheads are going back and screwing around with classic shows like this shot in the "boxy" 4: 3 ratio so that they can "fill up" a widescreen TV. Michael Giltz: DVDs: Scott Pilgrim ! Bing ! Sherlock ! And More!
  • Her hands flew from wheel to seat to crossbar, inverting, twisting, unscrewing. BEHINDLINGS
  • On the new vanity, remove all drawers and take off the doors by unscrewing the hinges from the cabinet.
  • Why, Robert wondered, did people call it "screwing," as if two bodies were rotating clockwise around each other? Bienvenidos a San Blas, a short story
  • Here is a series of pictures of the process of gluing and screwing the garboard planks.
  • Yes different ball game, but also a different mentality in screwing the customers. Bullshit-free tech support
  • Said one agent involved in the negotiation, ‘We're tired of just screwing them out of their money!’
  • A big kid in coveralls stood in the doorway unscrewing a long handle from a roller. Better Days
  • Now, here we've got what appears to be a corporate entity screwing an 80-year-old man out of his fair share.
  • This involved unscrewing the kitchen units and taking them apart.
  • They are participating in, and benefitting from, the same government structure that is screwing us.
  • Under another creator, this might be fodder for wacky domestic comedy, with the bachelor dad screwing up in ostensibly hilarious ways. From the stack: Bunny Drop vol. 1
  • With activision screwing up with COD franchise, don't know what gonna happen. GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • The child is screwing water out of a sponge.
  • But, of course, the danger in messing with anything this fundamental is the possibility of royally screwing things up. Creating depth in fantasy worlds: Let your people be people «
  • He had been screwing the public purse for years as he mulled over the disgrace of being removed from the Commission because of corruption.
  • rabbet," ploughed around the front, back, and sides of the drawers; or the top frame may have a tongue fitting inside the whole substance of the drawer, or the glass may be a fixture, beaded or puttied in on top, the whole of the bottom unscrewing from the drawer frame. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling a
  • Staring intently at the screen he grins and grimaces, laughing at some gurning by Ant, screwing up his face when Dec fluffs a line.
  • A jig, or cradle, is easily made by bevelling the edges of two separate pieces of wood and then glueing and screwing them together as at Fig. 191. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.
  • Brian Fisher turned bounding leaps into corkscrewing descents and ended them in a perfect Fred Astaire pose.
  • It's not our fight, sweetheart," she called gaily over her shoulder, taking a whisky tumbler from a cupboard and unscrewing the bottle to top up her own and pour him a generous slug. Fox Evil
  • You then attach the bracket by screwing the #1 screw through the bracket into the sliders.

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