Sentence examples for socket wrench from inspiring English sources
noun
A type of wrench featuring multiple interchangeable socket heads (each designed to fit a particular size of bolt head or other fastener) which can be attached by a socket arrangement to a ratcheting wrench handle or other driver.
"A little Hispanic girl threw a socket wrench at me while I was jogging.
"That's a five-sixteenth," he'd say of a nut, selecting a socket wrench.
"Do you know how to use a socket wrench?" I asked Belinda.
He took out a socket wrench, replaced the bubbler and pressed the knob again.
Those who are in auto racing long enough learn to stash their feelings, like a socket wrench in a toolbox.
Lying in the gutter were half a dozen simple tools — a socket wrench, a few screwdrivers, a claw hammer.
Its standard hands are two parallel clamps with a vice-like grip and an internal motorized socket wrench that can loosen or tighten standard bolts on the station.
Engineers at Made in Space, which built the experimental printer, overheard space station astronaut Barry Butchh" Wilmore mention on the radio that he needed a socket wrench.
The mechanic looked at the socket wrench in his hand and then threw it hard into the engine compartment of the pickup.
They are equipped with a torque-limiting device that will stop the rotation of the socket wrench when a preset torque is reached.
He shut down the motors, stopped each pendulum by hand, adjusted the pick in question with a socket wrench, and re-fastened the cable ties.
