93 collocations for screwed

After a time the landlord of the cottage screwed up his courage to resume possession; the Captain had only a lease of it, though he built the Tower at his own charges, and, I believe, without any permission, the landlord being much too frightened to interfere with him.

Then there would come a dispatch from the Government telling the poor Deputy-Governor of Virginia to go to the devil!" He looked at me curiously, screwing up his eyes.

Then Wat, the Tinker, came forward and stood in front of Will Scarlet, screwing up his face and shutting his eyes tightly, as though he already felt his ears ringing with the buffet.

" Chettle screwed his lips up to whistleinstead of whistling he suddenly relaxed them to a comprehending smile.

To attain to anything, he must needs screw the head up into the atmosphere of the future, while feet and hands drip dark ichors of despair from the crucifying cross of the crude presenta horrid strain!

We might screw up little Grice's bedroom door so as to get him down late in the morning; his room's right away at the end of the passage.

"As to being a thief" And then he screwed his mouth up, but didn't say anything more.

Put the movable filter over this, and screw the lid, inverted, tightly on the end of the centre pipe.

The count screwed his chubby features into a laughable mask of gravity.

In such a case is it a sound policy to try to avert the possibility of an explosion by screwing down all its safety-valves?"

On the face part were three openings as in a lantern, in which were screwed plate-glasses, or bull's-eyes.

In graceful unison they removed their masks; three flushed and unusually pretty faces regarded the author of their being attentivelymore attentively still when that round and ruddy gentleman, executing a facial contortion, screwed his monocle into an angry left eye and glared.

Mrs. Silk hesitated, and screwing up her forehead glanced significantly at her son.

Q.Whether do you consider paddle or screw vessels to be on the whole the most advantageous?

With that, courage came back, and I resolved to make this flare my signal for getting down into the hole, screwing my heart up with the thought that if Blackbeard was really waiting for me there, 'twould be little good to turn tail now, for he would be after me and could certainly run much faster than I.

We screw every thing up to that.

They screwed up their noses in the effort.

With differing strength to different tasks they part, To be the soul of knowledge unto strength; For man has eked his body out with wheels, And cranks, and belts, and levers, pinions, screws One body all, pervaded still with life From man the maker's will.

" I screwed the cover on the traveling-glass, and put it with the sandwiches in the bottom of the stage.

When he had said something he thought very convincing, he swiftly screwed his eyeglass into his eye and scrutinized my face to see what impression he had made upon me.

Fitzgerald, the job printer, examined the machinery carefully and again McGaffey screwed nuts and regulated the press.

After putting the cherries into the syrup do not let them boil more than five minutes; then fill your cans to overflowing, seal immediately and then screw tighter as they grow cold.

It is lovely motor-carring; you get quite used to the noise and smell, and you fly along so, it takes your breath away; even with your hat tied on with a big veil, you have rather the feeling you have got to screw up your eyebrows to keep it from blowing away.

In consequence of the following advertisement in the Picayune, I screwed up my feelings, and resolved for once at least in my life to see a slave-auction.

"Oh, I knowed you would, or any true gentleman that don't hold with screwing poor folks.

93 collocations for  screwed