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Meanings of electric wire in English

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Usage of electric wire in English
1
I felt a jolt as if I'd stepped on an electric wire.
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
2
He saw her start, as if she had touched an electric wire.
The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
3
This was the possibility of transmitting the human voice over an electric wire.
The Age of Big Business: A Chronicle of the Captains of Industry
4
The electric wire, plug, switch and bulb for one lamp cost about R100.
The South African
5
An electric wire might either be laid underground or carried through the air.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 01 (of 15), America...
6
Marise started, as though a charged electric wire had fallen across her arm.
The Brimming Cup
7
That is the button on the electric wire, do you understand?
Three Dramas
8
This hole is for the electric wire or gas pipe if gas is used.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
9
The snowploughed track leads between two very high fences trimmed with an electric wire.
The Guardian
10
He was like the electric wire that separated my uncle's farm from the neighbors'.
Mysterious Skin
11
The body had open wounds and his legs were tightened with an electric wire.
The South African
12
He's trying to cut the electric wire with the scissors, and everything blazes up.
Death at the Excelsior, and Other Stories
13
Soon lovers will whisper their secrets over an electric wire.
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 1 / A General Refer...
14
An electric wire was let in through the door.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
15
Oedipus could sleep in that and we could tie an electric wire to the frame.
Corduroy mansions
16
The electric wire filled the silence of the room with the palpitations of its mysterious life.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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Electric wire through the time
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