6 sentences with 'switched'
Example sentences and phrases with the word switched and other words derived from it.
• « Shah Abbas switched from relying on tribal warriors in warfare to using slave soldiers armed with guns, a practice the Ottomans had already used to great effect in their conquests in the west. »
• « When Terry was on his heels, Canipe finally switched to the slow lane to let him pass. But no sooner had the jeep overtaken him when the Beretta car roared off after him in hot pursuit. A high-speed duel had begun on the road. »
• « After a brief introduction, Laura appears. She approaches the proscenium lights ("They haven't been switched on for ten years", comments the watchman in wonderment) to talk amicably and familiarly with the audience. »
• « In his book "Sound of the Mind", Dr. Land says: The tape the prisoner switched contained, recorded in very low frequency, voices, screams of terror and suffering. They were part of a thriller and part of another experiment he was about to initiate. I believe that the inmate Feldman went mad listening to them - on an unconscious level - and committed suicide in despair. »
• « Hair dryers, shavers and hoovers generate a high field, but their influence is low, as they are switched off most of the time. »
• « New Zealand, unlike their original islands, was abundant in wild game, so the Maori used both agriculture and hunting to sustain the Iwi. One of their biggest sources of food was the Moa, a large flightless bird. The Moas varied in size from the height of a turkey to 3.7 metres high. Unfortunately, this made them easy targets, and they became extinct due to over-hunting by about 1500. As a result of this, the Maori switched back to agriculture. »