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How to use screw in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Screw means a simple machine, a helical inclined plane. Example: “Before potato crisps were sold pre-salted each packet would contain a screw of salt.”

Examples of screw by meaning

nounA ship's propeller.

  • It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 01

nounA twist of paper, especially one containing a small quantity of a material such as salt or tobacco.

  • Before potato crisps were sold pre-salted each packet would contain a screw of salt.

nounAn amphipod crustacean.

  • the skeleton screw (Caprella)
  • the sand screw

nounRheumatism.

  • She didn't like my mother, so she made a wax doll and stuck thorns into its legs, and my mother had the screws (rheumatism) in her legs ever since.2000, Jacqueline Simpson, Stephen Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore

verbTo miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.

  • The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker.2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC

verbTo leave; to go away; to scram.

  • If you don't like it, fuckin' screw!c. 2009, Louis CK, Shit Ass Pet Fuckers

More sentences with screw

  • He totally screwed up that project. Now he's surely for the sack.From the entry for
  • One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.From the entry come
  • Drill a small hole to start the screw in the right direction.From the entry drill
  • I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.From the entry pliers
  • Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.From the entry spanner
  • Pass me that little job with the screw thread on it.From the entry job
  • You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.From the entry level
  • We replaced the screws, since the old ones unseated too easily.From the entry unseat
  • We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.From the entry gross
  • It's not rocket science. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.From the entry rocket science
  • It's not rocket science. You just need to screw this to that!From the entry rocket science
  • It's not brain surgery. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.From the entry brain surgery
  • She's been a really screwed up girl since her boyfriend left her.From the entry screwed up
  • I don't know if this is how you get your jollies, but it's pretty screwed up.From the entry jollies
  • When the boss wasn't around on the weekend they would sometimes screw off.From the entry screw off
  • It's not rocket surgery. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.From the entry rocket surgery
  • I think there's a screw loose in that brain of hers!From the entry screw loose
  • He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.From the entry hardware
  • The watchmakers of Switzerland were pioneers of screw machine technology.From the entry watchmaker
  • Dr. Bolognese's pioneer method of spinal fusion uses condylar screws, which minimize risk to the main vertebral structure.From the entry condylar
  • Recess the screw so it does not stick out.From the entry recess
  • The baby screwed up his face and began to bawl.From the entry screw up
  • I got screwed at the swap meet yesterday.From the entry screwed
  • The tool and die department stocks various hardware assortments, such as cap screws in most thread sizes and assorted lengths.From the entry assortment
  • An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".From the entry screw thread
  • I finished the work early so I screwed off.From the entry screw off
  • Anyway, long story short, I totally screwed up today.From the entry long story short
  • When you buy the wine tonight, pick up some screw caps in addition to whichever corked bottles you buy.From the entry screw cap
  • This bigfoot talk is just him screwing with us again.From the entry screw with
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:color screw.From the entry colorscrew
  • Phillips screw heads are known to be prone to camouts.From the entry camout
  • The lid wasn't screwed on properly.From the entry on
  • Please tighten that screw a quarter-turn.From the entry tighten

Meaning of screw

  1. noun A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
  2. noun A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
  3. noun A ship's propeller.

Full definition of screw

Questions about screw in a sentence

How do you use screw in a sentence?
Screw is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Before potato crisps were sold pre-salted each packet would contain a screw of salt.”
What is a short sentence with screw?
“the sand screw”
What does screw mean?
Screw means a simple machine, a helical inclined plane.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: screw (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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