How to Use wired in a Sentence
wired
adjective- No more caffeine for me, I'm pretty wired.
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In fact, our brains are hard-wired to stick to the tried-and-true.
—Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2020
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But the truth is, the urge to keep going is hard-wired in him.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2022
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Humans are hard-wired to seek beauty in others of our species.
—New York Times, 25 June 2019
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Wired has proved to me with amazing force and talent that the contrary is true.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 June 1993
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The Dodge must have been hot-wired because the owner still had the keys.
—John Benson, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2020
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Once soaked, use a soft sponge or a non-wired brush (soft-bristled is best) to gently scrub the filters.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
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Once soaked, use a soft sponge or a non-wired brush (soft-bristled is best) to gently scrub the filters.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
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Once soaked, use a soft sponge or a non-wired brush (soft-bristled is best) to gently scrub the filters.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
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Once soaked, use a soft sponge or a non-wired brush (soft-bristled is best) to gently scrub the filters.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2025
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This place, as 2008 proved, is hard-wired for the kind of drama that screams throats red and raw.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2021
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Tom Ford, on the other hand, is hard-wired to seek out a certain polished swagger.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2019
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Faster wired charging, 50% charge in 20 minutes.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
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The wired system was simple to install and, in my case, consists of three cylinders placed around the deck.
—Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
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The set-up, with its romantic tensions still cross-wired after all these years, seems promising.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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The brake pedal feels a little less wired than the rest of the car, but the binders wind the speedo back toward 0 in a hurry.
—Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
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And this weekend, seven stories cut through the noise in a league that somehow stays wired 24/7.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
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The paint was peeling, the floors were banged up, and there was little to no natural or wired lighting in the apartment.
—Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 1 Nov. 2022
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Brightspeed is often one of the few wired alternatives in rural zones.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
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The best articulation of the strength of Mueller’s team comes from Wired’s overview.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 16 June 2017
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Upload speeds and latency are also less impressive than wired options.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
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Satellite providers such as Hughesnet and Starlink serve areas with fewer wired options.
—Kara McGinley, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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For wired charging, Google offers up to 30W for the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 14 Sep. 2023
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There is no good reason to automatically allow wired connections when unlocked.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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The house arrives with a pre-wired electrical system, which includes lighting, switches, sockets, and ventilation.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026
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Frontline workers, as well as many other non-wired employees, often depend on their managers for company communications.
—Elizabeth Baskin, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
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There’s the usual wired connection using USB-C, which provides a polling rate of 1,000Hz.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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This inhibits the promotion of natural melatonin and shoots adrenaline to create an alertness effect creating a tired but wired effect, says Marchetti.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 26 Aug. 2025
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With no equipment fees, simple pricing and discounts for existing T-Mobile customers, this plug-and-play setup works well for renters, small homes and areas without wired service.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
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There's a headphone jack for wired headphones, to really immerse yourself like you time-warped back to a scene from Stranger Things, plus the cassette player can rewind and fast-forward to a fave song for that true tactile action.
—Shirl Leigh april 06, New Atlas, 6 Apr. 2026
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