screw

Example Sentences

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My seasonal “screw-it vegetable” I tend to keep a “screw-it” vegetable in the fridge — something I love enough to think, Screw it, I’ll throw a handful of that on.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

In a dark coincidence, the late George Floyd rapped on a number of Screw tapes, long before his tragic murder in 2020 kicked off a global protest movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Powell was a member of Houston’s rap collective Screwed Up Click that was formed by the late DJ Screw.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023

The development of an Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw system, where the water flows down the screw, turning it as it descends, has shown how effectively low head hydropower can be deployed for widespread, small-scale hydropower generation.

From National Geographic • Jun. 11, 2023

The headline Manufacturing Data Helps Invigorate Wall Street could have used one, and a preposition would also have come in handy in Teacher Strikes Idle Kids and Textron Makes Offer to Screw Company Stockholders.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker