be wired

Example Sentences

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The adoption of sound would require a transformation of the industry’s economic structure: Theaters would need to be wired, sound studios would need to be built, foreign sales would fall off a cliff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

“This is something people need to understand. You have to be wired properly.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

And then there’s the scurrilously under-handed ripoff in which a grandparent gets a call saying a grandchild has been involved in an accident or some other emergency, and money must be wired immediately.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2023

At present, the e-skin must still be wired to an external power source, but Bao hopes ultimately to develop a wireless device.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2023

And even so, they would all have to be wired together, intricately and delicately, as we are, communicating with each other, talking incessantly, listening.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas