Counterclockwise

"Counterclockwise" in a Sentence (10 examples)

The car was rotating counterclockwise (when viewed from above) until it faced to the right.

Turn the knob counterclockwise.

How do you tighten this screw? Clockwise or counterclockwise?

How do you tighten a screw, clockwise or counterclockwise?

How do you tighten this bolt? Clockwise or counterclockwise?

How do you tighten this bolt, clockwise or counterclockwise?

You must turn the faucet counterclockwise to open it.

The narwhal is an odontocete or toothed whale, but is different from all other toothed whales in that it has no teeth in its mouth. Instead, male narwhals have a single long, straight tooth (or tusk) that protrudes two to three meters out of the upper left jaw. Females almost never have a tusk. The tooth grows in a counterclockwise spiral.

Turn counterclockwise to open.

Rotating it clockwise will tighten it, while rotating it counterclockwise will loosen it.

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