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'screw' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'screw' with 20 example sentences.


screw noun

: someone who guards prisoners

: a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

: a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

: a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

: slang for sexual intercourse

screw verb

: have sexual intercourse with

: turn like a screw

: cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

: tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

: defeat someone through trickery or deceit


  • Do you have a cork screw I could borrow?
  • This screw is made in China.
  • You have to tighten those screws.
  • To loosen a screw, turn it to the left.
  • I screwed up, and I know it.
  • Loosen the screws and remove the lamp cover.
  • Screw the rules; I have money!
  • How small a screw do you need?
  • If I screw up, what's the worst that can happen?
  • I screwed up my courage and went there.
  • I've got mine, so screw you.
  • If she finds out, I'm screwed!
  • This machine cranks out a thousand screws an hour.
  • He screwed up his courage and proposed to her.
  • I screwed up the very first note.
  • The lid screws onto the jar.
  • He doesn't screw anything up.
  • We were just screwing around.
  • You've been screwing with them.
  • My screw gun is making weird noises.
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