My wife says that she knows when it's time to "shut me off" from the alcoholic beverages when I start rolling my Rs, since "unlubricated" I can't roll my Rs at all. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend drinking] Reference
Not to mention the clunky sound of unlubricated hyphens, typos and spelling errors. From Wordnik.com. [Moxie: Who Needs It?] Reference
“A box of unlubricated condoms, KY jelly, food coloring, saran wrap and a little stage blood.”. From Wordnik.com. [Explaining entrails] Reference
Too little oil can damage or destroy the engine by leaving parts unlubricated in a hot environment. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Project: Basic mower maintenance keeps your lawn looking its best] Reference
The gears meshed, the pulleys moved, and with a howl of unlubricated metal, Lucius took another step. From Wordnik.com. [Alliance]
It gave with a groan of unlubricated hinges, and he pushed it open only just wide enough for them to squeeze through, then immediately shut it behind them. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Round out the kit with a button compass, an unlubricated condom to collect water, a few chlorine or iodine tablets to purify water, and a micro photon light. From Wordnik.com. [Back-Forty Survival] Reference
Without further protest, she went off to fetch a bottle of red, leaving him to ponder her unexpected proposal and-because his mind, even when unlubricated, was disposed toward extrapolatory zigzag-some advice given him years earlier concerning middle-aged palm trees. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Because it takes some time for the slick nanocoatings to develop in a new strand, the unlubricated, new strand "gets stuck" for a time and then shifts in a violent spasm. From Wordnik.com. [innovations-report] Reference
We can't afford to sit around and pity ourselves just because we allowed the thieves of Wall Street and Washington administer this unlubricated broomstick to our collective backsides. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
There seemed to be a scanty supply of oil provided for the locomotives, but the cars had to run with unlubricated axles, and the screaking and groaning of the grinding journals in the dry boxes was sometimes almost deafening, especially when we were going around a curve. From Wordnik.com. [Andersonville — Volume 1] Reference
Wilson speaks of him as the trumpeter of the feathered chorus, but his range of notes is very great, passing from harsh, grating sounds, like the screeching of an unlubricated axle, to a warbling as soft and modulated as that of a bluebird, and again, prompted by his mercurial nature, screaming like a derisive fish-wife. From Wordnik.com. [Nature's Serial Story] Reference
I’ve had several people recommend a cervical cap to me, since I can’t do hormonal birth control and I have a hard time finding unlubricated non-latex condoms. From Wordnik.com. [advice? « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
She had seen more latex than men who made surgical gloves and picked up her condoms by bulk at local Planned Parenthoods; they were free there, if sadly unlubricated, and if the woman at the counters gaped, she said in reply, "I'm serious. From Wordnik.com. [What You Never Thought You Wanted] Reference
Condoms, unlubricated. From Wordnik.com. [My plate] Reference
A rough, unlubricated cornholing, though--yes, that they'll understand. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-05] Reference
Look at the rest: 92 times the atmospheric pressure, no carbon cycle, clouds made of sulphur, unlubricated crust, no protection from cosmic rays, closer to the sun, incredibly slow and backward rotation, has hardly any axial tilt, there’s almost no eccentricity, the atmosphere is only CO2 and nitrogen as well as lacking relative humidity, and 80% of the surface is volcanic, 5 times older, and heavily cratered. From Wordnik.com. [Unthreaded #20 « Climate Audit] Reference
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