unplug

Example Sentences

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A liquefaction train, which cools the gas, is like a giant refrigerator, but unlike an unplugged fridge at home, restoring it could take weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal

“That’s what I thought,” he said as he unplugged his tablet from the main computer and tucked it in his bag.

From Literature

Tens of thousands of unproductive and unplugged oil wells have been abandoned across California — many of which continue to leak potentially explosive methane or toxic benzene.

From Los Angeles Times

That makes us all time travelers of a sort, too, beacons of an increasingly distant era in which it was possible to be unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times

I crouch to unplug my own from the wall, then realize Camille is typing on my phone, not hers.

From Literature