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How to use thumbscrews in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word thumbscrews? Here are some examples.

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The tray slides along the rails in a very smooth action, and is held in place with four thumbscrews.
The side access panel is secured and released by means of two knurled thumbscrews and a spring-loaded latch.
For some reason they have also chosen to crank the thumbscrews with an added splash of vindictiveness.
As we can see from the rear shot, these panels are removed via thumbscrews and Phillips screws.
The optical drive bay is attached with a pair of Philips screws, while the hard drive bay uses thumbscrews.
There are no thumbscrews used for the Metis, though removal of one Phillips screw allows for full access of the case.
A nice touch, and once you've gotten used to thumbscrews, you can never go back to using Phillips screws to secure your peripherals.
A nice touch you will probably want to add is thumbscrews in place of the Philips screws for the case sides.
The other mutineers, after torture with thumbscrews, were whipped and had ashes, salt and pepper rubbed into their wounds.
As he was walking past a ship chandler's shop, he was shocked to see handcuffs, leg shackles, and thumbscrews in the window.
There were all these intricate diagrams of horrible shackles and thumbscrews.
The SN45G thermal solution screws into matching receptacles on the motherboard, using thumbscrews that are permanently attached to the heatsink.
There are iron thumbscrews, head squeezers, stretching racks, and interrogation chairs with spikes, many of which were used during the Spanish Inquisition.
London is putting the thumbscrews on in a bid to try to get the party around the talks table and ultimately the executive table far quicker than it wants.
People who would normally abhor applying the thumbscrews earnestly debated whether the risks of further atrocities justified brutal treatment of suspected terrorists.
Each chassis is a tool-less design, held together by thumbscrews.
The gaol retains the only surviving treadwheel at a prison in England and Wales, while replica thumbscrews are available to take home from the gift shop.
Examples from Classical Literature
Why should people, whose lives are blameless, think of racks and thumbscrews when they see a simple machine like this?
We need MPs prepared to put the thumbscrews on the London Government to extract the maximum.
I am so fed up of this council tightening the thumbscrews in the name of saving the planet and reducing service costs.
Twin horizontal crossbars are fastened to the center upright via thumbscrews, while eight standard, spring-loaded clips hold targets in place.
The age of thumbscrews and the rack was, after all, a very virile age.
Taskmaster General Greg Davies clearly relishes turning the thumbscrews on the younger comics who need the publicity, but you wonder why old school Frank Skinner is there.
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