Sentence examples for recessed from inspiring English sources
'recessed' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it as an adjective, indicating something that has been placed in an area that is lower than an adjoining surface. For example, "The door featured recessed lighting".
The White House has long backed passage of the USA Freedom Act, calling it the only available mechanism to save the Patriot Act powers ahead of expiration now that the House has recessed until Monday.
All high-level nominees must be approved by the Senate, unless the body has recessed, in which case a "recess appointment" can be made that lasts up to two years.Senator Obama watched the Democrats block George W. Bush's nominees in just this way.
Few lived up to their claim of longer life, especially when they were switched on and off repeatedly, or used in recessed ceiling lights where heat could build up and fry their inbuilt circuitry.
Last year Cree began selling a dimmable LED version of common recessed ceiling fixtures.
The crowd that gathered outside the court earlier this week in the hope of an announcement before it recessed for the summer was not as big as the one that held vigil for Pope John Paul II, but it was nearly as breathless.
Inside, the bright, warm lights recessed into the ceilings are low-energy light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
The committee recesses for a floor vote.
Recessed-head screws or set screws commonly have a hexagonally shaped recess and require a special wrench, usually referred to as an Allen wrench; it consists of a hexagonal bar of tool steel shaped into the form of an L, either end of which fits into the recess.
I've spent hours learning this lately, catapulted by search engines to the dank recesses of parenting forums that exist solely to imply I'm guilty of child abuse because I don't know the best sort of blanket to put in a pram yet.
"Is that new?" friends would ask, narrowing their eyes, if I wore an old shirt dug out from the darkest recesses of my wardrobe.
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