Sentence examples for screws applied from inspiring English sources

One Tory MP, who decided not to rebel after meeting the chancellor, said: "I went in to see the chancellor expecting to have the thumb screws applied.

And with a brighter spotlight, tighter accountability screws applied to its practices.

Insertion of the IM nail was carried out with two proximal locking screws applied, and the distal locking screws were omitted, to be done in the second operation when the patient reached to the desired length.

With the aid of the plastic deformation of the medial cortex through use of the AO/ASIF tensioning device, the osteotomy is closed and then distal screws applied to complete the fixation [16].

A range of 27 CFS sigma purlins were connected to roof sheeting with screws applied at every other trough, as is adopted in installation practice, and were then subjected to both downward and uplift loading tests.

Caution: Be gentle when tightening the screws, applying too much force can strip the threads.

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In 1802 he built a screw-driven steamboat, the first example of a powered screw applied to ship propulsion.

That's why Ben Hecht wrote what he called a "Prayer to His Bosses," a long, scathing verse piece, often obscene, always tortured, about the position of the writer, face down, having the screw applied.

Force from the Hyrax expansion screw applied to the molars and premolars results not in a parallel but rather a tipping movement of the right and left maxilla.

Another option for posterior cervical fixation is the use of a screw applied to the lateral mass as an internal fixation device (lateral mass screw fixation).