Sentence examples for kept turned off from inspiring English sources

The simulated Seattle airport through the window looked exactly like the real thing, and even the simulated taxiing felt real, though the actual motion simulation was kept turned off, for safety reasons.

Well this one is obvious, and will chime with anyone who has ever attempted to call an older relative's mobile, only to learn that it is kept turned off in a glove compartment for use only in emergencies: "One reason I haven't called is I just gave up my phone and I didn't want to have any phone calls while I was here".

Mr. Johnson, who like Mr. Kerry is 60, is a taciturn Minnesota native who does not use e-mail; just recently acquired a cellphone, which he said he carried but kept turned off; and has approached this task with extraordinary secrecy.

Unless you hold the "cook" button down with your finger or with an object, the cooker will continue detecting the same temperature and keep turning off.

"And we had to install separate bedside lamps for the children as their overhead lights kept turning off during bedtime stories".

The landlord (Sharron Shayne), who lives upstairs, keeps turning off the heat.

His second, Horns, is equally compelling, although perhaps not quite as scary (reading Heart-Shaped Box alone at home while drying my hair, I had to keep turning off the hairdryer because I thought there was someone coming up the stairs).

If your broiler heating element keeps turning off because it is "up to temperature," you can trick your oven into keeping it on by propping the door of the oven open slightly.

But her children kept turning it off.

"I've seen Steve Aoki play at these festivals, and he kept turning the music off, jumping around onstage, saying 'This is my new single!

He said Connecticut would fight to keep it turned off.