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Meanings of turn the dial in English

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Usage of turn the dial in English
1
Press the power button and turn the dial to the cup setting.
Wired
2
His green eyes narrow, his long fingers gently turn the dial.
To the end of the land
3
Just turn the dial and the temperature immediately responds.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
4
Push the button to turn it on, and turn the dial to select the required temperature.
Wired
5
Gaius reached out to turn the dial back, but Six's hand snaked out and grabbed his.
Unity
6
But he made no move to turn the dial again, and the temperature continued to fall.
Unity
7
When I find one, I plug in the heating pad and turn the dial to hot.
Pivot Point
8
Kathy knew she should turn the dial before the kids heard any of it, but it was too late.
Zeitoun
9
Load the fry basket, mist with oil, pop the basket into the fryer's inner chamber, and turn the dial.
Wired
10
The Story of Anvilhomes in on the Canadian metal men as they attempt to turn the dial back up to 11.
The Irish Times
11
It's just usually, you pick one or two or three and then you kind of turn the dial up on them.
Wired
12
I thought they would turn the dial 2 degrees and they turned it 6 degrees, he said.
Reuters
13
To start it up, you turn the dial to ignite the interior flame, which arcs over the top of the pizza stone.
Wired
14
And the look she gives me as I start to turn the dial again probably should have caused me to spontaneously combust.
In Time
15
But God came to our aid when he directed me to turn the dial and hit the numbers exactly right, allowing the safe to open.
Hearts of grey
16
Desperately, I quickly turned the dial until the two red marks coincided.
The Infra-Medians
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