How to Use wiring in a Sentence

wiring

noun
  • All the wiring in the house needs to be replaced.
  • He fixed the radio's wiring.
  • The two items that need a close look are the wiring and the fuel feed.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The wiring had been messed up and my lights had stopped working.
    Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Take a look at how the wiring to the headlight is routed.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Or they were caught in house fires sparked by faulty wiring or use of a space heater.
    Freep.com, 4 June 2023
  • The walls and ceilings could be full of toxins, and ancient wiring can be finicky.
    Chris Moody, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
  • But these buildings are 80 years old, with the World War II-era wiring and plumbing to show for it.
    Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Some had been left vacant and rotting, with faulty wiring and leaky roofs.
    Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The best wire strippers can also cut wires and cables, crimp wiring, and cut screws.
    Bobbi Dempsey, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The same goes for thrusters, wiring, cameras, and solar arrays.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Ripped wiring and lighting hang from the ceiling like bare branches of dead trees.
    David Phinney, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Dealers will install sheathing over the wiring, free of charge.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The heat wiring sits above and below the foot, keeping your toes and forefoot warm with three heat settings.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In 2011 my team published a study exploring the sensory wiring of the nipples to the brain.
    Dr. Nan Wise, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Most of the wiring had been cut, with some copper exposed and other wiring missing.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2024
  • For Ahold, the solution was to dig trenches and install new wiring, said Mr. Kosla.
    Isabelle Bousquette, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But the wiring costs are high and require a huge investment in labor and equipment.
    Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The Sportages were recalled in 2016 due to corrosion in a wiring harness near the engine control unit.
    Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The fix includes replacing wiring in a panel above the pilots’ heads.
    Gregory Wallace, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The building lacked some lighting and drywall, which left wiring exposed.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, not a single inch of the Cherokee’s factory wiring remains.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
  • Faulty wiring, asbestos, and dry rot are just a few less-than-ideal surprises.
    House Beautiful, 30 Dec. 2022
  • But the brain’s wiring doesn’t say anything about what its individual units are made of.
    Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
  • When rain or melted snow mix with the salt used to melt ice on the roads, that mixture seeps into manholes and can corrode the wiring buried below.
    Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Dealers will replace the rearview camera, and update the software and wiring as necessary, free of charge.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The squatters also had cut the wiring to the security cameras on the property and set up their own home Wi-Fi.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The atrioventricular, or AV, node is the second key area of the heart’s electrical wiring.
    Virginia Singla, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • On some trains, the wiring pieces were coming into contact with the axles, prompting the T to remove those cars from service and replace their axles.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The reasons for failure ranged from the presence of combustible materials to faulty wiring and more.
    Christopher Weber, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024

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