Sentence examples for were jacked from inspiring English sources
noun
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack.
- She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.
"We were jacked up all night," Mathis said.
His hair was slicked back, and his pants were jacked up preposterously high by suspenders.
(Writers like William Gibson, for instance, created heroes who were "jacked in," able to send and receive digital signals by wiring their own brains directly to hard drives).
Outside America, the first big shift towards private funding happened in Australia, where tuition fees were jacked up in the late 1980s.
The roadways terminated at great pierheads, called Spuds, that were jacked up and down on legs which rested on the seafloor.
While many vocals were overwhelmed by the commotion (and some were apparently lip-synched), the drums were jacked up to heart-massage impact, providing a lower-register counterpoint to the squeals.
Fans will be jacked up for it".
"I was jacked up to play there".
"I was jacked up to play.
Yet another hacker is being jacked.
