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monkey wrench

NOUN
  1. adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw

How To Use monkey wrench In A Sentence

  • It also means that I can see what tools I have at a glance, reducing the chance that I'll wind up with a monkey wrench I don't need.
  • While Elinor lived, Adam dared not risk flinging a monkey wrench into that dream.
  • She hoped to see the class plan fail and she looked for a chance to throw a monkey wrench.
  • Illustrations for The Monkey Wrench Gang, a 1986 book about a fictional group of eco-warriors, appear alongside autobiographical strips done for The New Yorker.
  • Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
  • Frank stews and then arms himself with a monkey wrench and takes to the streets to fight crime. Times, Sunday Times
  • Your subpoena is going to put a complete monkey wrench in what we are doing.
  • But the boss just threw a monkey wrench into my plans -- he asked me to stay late to finish up a special report for him.
  • Their delegation threw a giant monkey wrench into the process this week by raising all sorts of petty objections.
  • A federal judge threw a monkey wrench into the project to build a new oil refinery on the river. He ordered the company to stop work until they had a better plan to guard against water pollution.
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