How to Use hardwired in a Sentence

hardwired

adjective
  • The human brain seems hardwired to make sense of the world through stories.
    — Ben Rogers, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Those hardwired phones are now becoming relics of the past.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the lights were hardwired and therefore needed an electrician.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024
  • How much of who survives is luck, or are there people who are just hardwired like yourself to adjust at the right moments?
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Light buzzing can happen with plug-in and hardwired fixtures, so your lamp or chandelier could be the culprit.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
  • The instinct to tackle challenges head-on is almost hardwired into all of us.
    — Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • For example, fawns and calves are able to walk within hours of birth because the behavior is hardwired.
    — Roberta McLain, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
  • This is something that’s built in, hardwired, this vile and violentstreak that human beings have.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Our brains are hardwired to think and communicate in stories.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Lots and lots of hay Like cows, rabbits are foragers that are hardwired to graze constantly, nibbling on fibers and hay one stalk at a time, Valand said.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
  • This is enough to cover 5,000 square feet and all three nodes, or points, feature ethernet ports for a hardwired connection.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The instinct to complain about the spectacle of the event outpacing its utility is hardwired.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • The hardwired motion sensor light has two adjustable heads that illuminate around 30 feet of space in a warm yellow hue.
    — Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • The human mind is hardwired for survival to focus on the negative threats of a situation.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • To prevent tampering, the election equipment is hardwired to a closed network.
    — The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The Battery Doorbell Plus can also be hardwired to trickle charge the battery and to work with your existing indoor doorbell chime.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The human brain is hardwired to prioritize safety over growth.
    — Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The law also mandated that new apartment buildings have hardwired detectors and alarms built in.
    — Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Children and adults are hardwired to relax and recharge when given the opportunity.
    — Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But whatever may have triggered her, a vision as distinct, strong, and enduring as hers must be hardwired.
    — Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Many times faster than current cell service, 5G could outstrip even the fastest home broadband currently available from hardwired providers.
    — Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • Now every long-haul driver must have a logging device, which is usually hardwired to their truck’s engine.
    — Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The whole array is hardwired to a compact power unit in the rear of the car, which converts solar power into 120-volt alternating current.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Since this towel warmer is designed to be mounted on a wall and hardwired, this device will require installation.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Ordinarily, people who are getting an EEG must wear a skull cap equipped with a hardwired array of electrodes.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Books were individually wrapped in sandwich bags on their shelves; the doors were metallic; a hardwired DSL modem was installed in a Faraday cage in the foyer, away from the living space.
    — Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
  • As pack animals, dogs are hardwired to seek closeness with their family, whether canine or human.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • One of his earliest memories is of helping his father build a system of sensors and hardwired circuits for automating the flow of grain through a series of bins that dry and store the harvest.
    — Ariel Bleicher, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2013
  • Thankfully, our brains are hardwired to recognize edges.
    — Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The level of jamming is so intense both Russian and Ukrainian forces are now fielding drones tethered with fiber optic cables so pilots have hardwired controls.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024

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