screw

Example Sentences

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There was one more turn of the screw: In responding to Torres Campos’ appellate filing, Bonar “doubled down,” Buchanan wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

So the ability of this CPA to screw things up is limited.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

"He'll hold my hand, he tracks, he communicates and expresses an emotion through his eyes, facial movements," she said, "so he'll smile, cry, screw his face up if not too happy about something."

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

As is well-known, AI can screw up even the simplest facts, or just hallucinate and invent details, so it pays to check everything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Not the eating kind, but the metal kind that sit at the end of a screw.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée