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How to use the word Screw in a Sentence?

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I warned about the only way we could screw it up was by blowing it, by moving too far to the right, and by focusing on re-litigating the past and talking just about President Trump and the stolen election in '20.

Larry Hogan

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m pretty sure it scares the hell out everyone, which is probably some of the attention, nASCAR just said they’re gonna put the foot down. That’s like I was saying earlier, we don’t know what it was and what happened, but we do know the penalty was huge. So, I don’t know, but we know you probably shouldn’t screw around.

Joey Logano

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Quinn: Do you know what I have been doing that would have cured me? Fine! I'll tell you. I've been sliding through an interdimensional wormhole seeing how ways people like you can screw up civilization!!!!!!

Amy Martin

added by amym.27955
2 years ago

I asked coach (Teri Moren) if we could go thank them and when I got there, I said ’Screw it, I’m just going up there with them, i just wanted them to know we appreciated them being here and thank them for showing up.

Mackenzie Holmes

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The company's many privacy screw-ups have bred a general atmosphere of distrust, people just don't believe that Facebook actually respects their privacy, and many people don't even believe that Facebook [ and ] WhatsApp truly can't read their WhatsApp messages.

Riana Pfefferkorn

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Barbieri approached officers twice after the meeting and started yelling and cursing at them. “After all I’ve F****** done for you, you F****** screw me like this. If any of you want to F****** go, just say so, and I’ll F******make it happen.”

School Board Chairman Frank Barbieri

added by itsmejen3333
2 years ago

What they insisted I understand was that they had built the best culture in college football, they also wanted me to know that they owned that culture. They built it. It was theirs. And their message, stated clearly and convincingly, was Father Jenkins, do n’t screw this up.

Jack Swarbrick

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There are protocols in place, and largely it is done safely, but all it takes is one: one human error, one screw up.

David Katz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Next step: we need to turn the screw on Attorney General Garland, who secretly colluded with outside groups to mobilize the FBI against political opponents and whose family benefits financially from CRT in schools, we must hammer him every day until he calls off the FBI dragnet.

Chris Rufo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Smartphone vendors have worked hard to get this to high levels, but if devices do have more screw holes and have to be easier to take apart, then would these ratings be compromised or have to be lowered ?

David McQueen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I just felt like it would be a little bit better to take a back seat and work on my mindfulness. I knew that the girls would do an absolutely great job, and I didn't want to risk the team a medal for my screw ups because they worked way too hard for that, i took a step back because I didn't want to do something silly out there and get injured. I thought it was best if the girls took over and did the rest of the job, which they absolutely did.

Simone Biles

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If there is a right combination of vaccine hesitancy, potentially new variants and quickly rolling back control measures that comes together, we could potentially screw this up and have yet another wave that is completely unnecessary at this point.

Justin Lessler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Of course I've got lawyers. They are like nuclear weapons, I've got em 'cause everyone else has. But as soon as you use them they screw everything up.

Danny DeVito

added by RobertHaigh
2 years ago

They keep turning the screw to my little cafe here. Im all about shutting everything down and controlling the virus, but Im not about shutting down just a small segment of society based on opinions...and not have any money.

Dave Morris

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I am sure the influx of people from California who bring their bad ideas here( will change things), they go over there and screw it up and never learn their lesson. They leave because it is so terrible and then they spread it around. ... It concerns me.

Darryl Frary

Found on CNN
3 years ago

What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves.

Joel Miller

added by Normando
3 years ago

Most kids would have said,' Screw you,' stanley Robinson could have left in a heartbeat, but Stanley Robinson's unique.

Jim Calhoun

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We're not going to chase the Palestinians...the Palestinian leadership, you can't really treat them like they're a serious government, or capable or competent dealmakers, they'll do what they've always done, which is screw everything up.

Jared Kushner

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Screw me once, shame on you, screw me twice shame on me. Screw me three times...can I at least get a reach around?

Tom Southworth

added by anonymous
4 years ago

They're put in there to screw up.

Joel Clement

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think Uber has an enormous number of moves as a public company, they have a CEO who is exactly the right guy for the transition to Wall Street. All they could do now is screw it up.

Steve Blank

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The doctor said,' It's going to give you the best chance to get back to an active lifestyle and, hopefully, racing professionally again.' they literally get four titanium screws and a torque wrench and tighten them into your skull with just a local anesthetic. Every time a screw comes loose, they screw it deeper into your skull. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.

Tim Don

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Nixon had some respect for institutions. Richard Nixon `` Nixon had some respect for the rule of law, sometimes, Richard Nixon `` Nixon said,' You know, screw it. I'm going to disobey.' Donald Trump has no respect for institutions. Donald Trump has no respect for the rule of law.

Al Hunt

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Absolutely they sent a message, if you screw with us you’re not going to have an office and you’re going to be hunted down and thrown out of the building.

Matthew Lee

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

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