Sentence examples for screw turn from inspiring English sources

Tighten this screw (turn clockwise) to move this corner of the door further toward the frame (to the right on this side); loosen it (turn counterclockwise/anticlockwise) to move the door away from the frame (to the left on this side).

The mold is then closed and clamped, and the screw turns and retracts again to repeat the cycle of liquefying a new increment of resin.

When the screw turns, the nut rides up and down, moving the horizontal stabilizer, which makes the nose of the plane point up or down.

Iraq had resisted UN inspections for three and a half years, but now it felt the screw turning, and appeared to be on the point of capitulation.

Instead of one final pounding of the nail, Sanchez's improvement was more like a screw turning — gradual — and when the Jets needed him to throw last weekend against the Bengals, he passed effectively.

And so the screw turns until those without leverage will buy.You do not need bankers to be poorly monitored or over-incentivised for such cycles to work: finance knew booms and manias long before deposit insurance, bank rescues or bonuses.

The Archimedean screw turns as falling water from the top of the dam flows through it, activating a turbine and generating power.

A possible methodical weakness of the present study may be the manual screw turning.

For a nail you use a hammer and when a screw turns up you start looking for a screwdriver.

The paraffin melts as the screw turns, providing lubrication.

Each screw corresponds to the side it adjusts, and tightening the screw (turning-clockwise) will limit the derailleur from going too far to that side.