wires
Example Sentences
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She later shared images of herself in hospital with tubes and wires sticking out of her body.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Seeing that face with all the cables and all the wires and all the things going on, it just kind of encompasses all of it and takes it right back,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Teams also use seismic and acoustic listening devices, which resemble little pots or cans on wires linked up to devices, to try to locate survivors.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Somehow, electrical messages flew invisibly on wires from one place to another using magnets.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
