The whole machine will not work if even one cog is broken off. From LearnThat.org.
He was a small cog in a large machine. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Kidd has been the Nets 'main cog since New Jersey acquired him from Phoenix two years ago. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Getting to the point of the Finals] Reference
Why use the term cog?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Funny that this "cog" keeps getting national attention every time he speaks 1 word. From Wordnik.com. [SPORTSbyBROOKS] Reference
There is not an unnecessary part, or unreasonable "cog," anywhere in the whole of our bodies. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Health] Reference
The 29-year-old father-of-three, from Sheffield, said he was simply a 'cog' in the British Army. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
'cog' to the @needs list for any task running sphinx. From Wordnik.com. [O'Reilly News] Reference
I’d feel cheated somehow, if he turned out to be that kind of cog in the Dollhouse wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Dollhouse: Haunted - Pink Raygun.com] Reference
Don't you ever feel like a cog, Dan? ... wait-the term 'cog' is outdated-a cross-platform highly transportable binary object! ". From Wordnik.com. [Microserfs]
But it's a vital cog in the global economic engine. From Wordnik.com. [The Lehman Shock] Reference
It's the most important cog in the entire Iraqi economy. From Wordnik.com. [Aging Oil Terminal Vital To Iraq's Economy] Reference
Why, Mr. Danver, they're the cog-wheels of the whole machinery. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
If one cog fails to work perfectly, the entire thing collapses. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Crew or, The Young Oarsmen of Riverport School] Reference
A catch again works the two wheels, turn half a cog, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
Who would want to be a cog in a machine any longer than necessary?. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Selman: When Can We Stop Working?] Reference
Deb and then some cog, yes and then some, oh and this here, and what. From Wordnik.com. [Berkeley Stations] Reference
From the upper piece a notch is cut only wide enough to receive the cog. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Edit each forum ACP - > forums tab (edit the forum using the green 'cog'. From Wordnik.com. [phpBB.com]
Then get a lot of brass cog-wheels, and put them together inside of the box. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 03, April 16, 1870] Reference
East, things have been settled for so long that a man's only a cog in a machine. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Gold] Reference
It's about whether he's actually going to challenge the system or just be a cog in it. From Wordnik.com. [Cenk Uygur: Gibbs is Wrong: It Isn't About the Professional Left] Reference
Do they really need another cog in my shape and size to get this thing up and running?. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast That Resembles A Poem(A Handy Resource for Architects,Engineers, and Students)] Reference
The soldier is but a cog in a machine, usually at a considerable distance from his enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
To Caltech chemical engineer John Seinfeld, they're a cog in Earth's vast weather factory. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Sharks] Reference
The elevator slipped a cog, or something; there was a slow, regular descent, not too hasty. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The human being is viewed as a function in a mechanical process -- like a cog in a machine. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Selman: When Can We Stop Working?] Reference
Spy satellites were always more than just another cog in the machinery of state surveillance. From Wordnik.com. [A Launch For The Little Guy] Reference
Its executives portray the company as a scrappy, lovable cog in the glorious machine of American high tech. "". From Wordnik.com. [A Blow To The Empire] Reference
When Hart recruited the Dallas teenager to Baylor University, he envisioned him as a cog in its powerful relay team. From Wordnik.com. [Good As Gold] Reference
But they're happy to make the argument, using their new "pre-cog" technology as a guide to understanding their claim. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Parker: McLaren's All-New 2012 MP4-12C Introduced in Beverly Hills] Reference
"But I work nearly all night and sleep most of the day, and am like a cog in a big machine that never stops grinding.". From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
And ultimately, the mystique of the Rose Bowl, the true granddaddy, died when it became just another cog in the BCS wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Frederick: College Football Sold Out Tradition Long Ago] Reference
A murderer in uniform can resemble a cog in a machine, but the last faces seen by Jedwabne's Jews were the familiar faces of neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [July 10, 1941, In Jedwabne] Reference
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