wired

Example Sentences

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We’re just not wired to think about mean reversion.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Even in a deeply polarized time, many Americans remain wired to recoil from acts of violence and to feel sympathy for their victims.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

I told him I'd had to borrow some wired headphones from his team as mine had broken, and jokingly expressed surprise that they were still allowed at Apple HQ in the AirPod era.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Yet she’s a woman wired for comedy, a veteran who wrote for shows including Mad About You, Arrested Development and Saturday Night Live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

With her telling him exactly how she wanted it, he had wired for dozens of bulbs to be screwed into the floor at what she called stage front, and other bulbs dangled from the ceiling.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns