How to Use plugged in a Sentence

plugged

adjective
  • No one is more plugged into the Rangers than Evan Grant.
    Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • In this modern life that’s very busy and plugged-in, there’s not a lot of time to do that.
    Nadia Ebrahim, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The plugged crack will ruin the crack as a conduit for flow of gas or oil to the horizontal well.
    Ian Palmer, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • Best news of all: the oil spill is plugged and no hurricane ever went across the slick while the oil was still flowing.
    Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2010
  • Those most plugged into the news and social networks, and with the time and ability to wait in line, fared best.
    oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The area around Suisun and Grizzly bays is home to dozens of other wells, most plugged now, state data shows.
    J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2021
  • My guess would be something more exotic like a plugged drain hole or a build-up of mineral salts in the soil.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Stay plugged into what is changing and figure out how to leverage it.
    Expert Panel, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • If an aerator is still plugged, use a pin or needle to poke out grit, or buy a new aerator for a few dollars.
    Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
  • But in the first series of the first preseason game against New Orleans last month, Harrison twice stepped into the hole, plugged gaps and made tackles.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Only his hip oldest sister Vicky (Natalie L’Amoreaux) seemed plugged in to what was going on in the world beyond their doorstep.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2022
  • People always want to keep pace with news and to stay plugged into popular culture.
    Curtis Sparrer, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Social media and livestreaming mean that the world is more plugged into the goings-on of fashion month than ever before.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Fraser says the airplane was inspected following the incident and the engine failure was traced to a plugged fuel line in the wing.
    Fox News, 11 July 2022
  • There are plenty of people who aren’t worth a plugged nickel at age 40 and plenty more who are only really hitting their prime in their 60s.
    Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 23 Apr. 2018
  • For chargers which charge extra to remain plugged in once full, the car owner would actually be very happy to be unplugged.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Consequently, white oaks have long served as wood for ships and wine barrels because the plugged vessels of the white oak species hold water more effectively than those of the red oaks.
    Andrew L. Hipp, Scientific American, 15 July 2020
  • Because Sidney was so aware, so plugged into what was happening with people.
    Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • So while other lights can remain plugged in while in use, that’s pretty much an impossibility with the Whellen without adding your own charger with a longer cord.
    Ellen McAlpine, CNN Underscored, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Her secondary phone — only for ride share work — glowed dully from its holster mounted on the windshield at eye-level and plugged to the cigarette lighter to sustain the draining battery.
    Brittany N. Williams, NOLA.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • He was never very plugged into, any kind of, uh, domesticity.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Gupta says a team of traders scrutinizes any updates tweeted by the NFL’s most knowledgeable and plugged-in newsmakers to ensure nothing is missed.
    Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2022
  • For the tech guru, the newest Echo Dot will help keep them plugged into their favorite Amazon music, audiobooks, and of course, hands-free internet searches.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Check container plantings for plugged drainage holes; repotting may be needed.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But being too plugged in to the news or social media can contribute to anxiety, depression, and general stress.
    Anushree Dave, SELF, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Raynor honored him with his left nose plugged, bleeding from a first-half collision after going up for an alley-oop and coming down on a Lorain defender.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 6 Mar. 2021
  • But again, these are typically the families that are less plugged into the nuts and bolts of what's required for schooling to start, are typically the families that have a lot of other challenges in their lives.
    Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Many stay plugged in during their vacations, feeling the pressure of being indispensable.
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • And despite huge profit margins, Shell and Exxon are selling off tens of thousands of oil and gas wells in California — with the likely result that many of them won’t get plugged, and will leak methane until taxpayers pay to shutter them.
    Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Covid-19 lockdowns and port blockages have buffeted global supply chains this year, and Lego plugged gaps by hiring new raw-material supplies at short notice, Mr. Christiansen said.
    Trefor Moss, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2021

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