working order

The spinal cord controls muscles so everything else is in working order.

The one Penny Arcade machine in working order at the bank that night has seen better days.

But the institutions of modern society are not in working order.

Detailed legal codes and processes are needed to keep society in working order.

The Manila-Dagúpan Railway was in working order, and bringing supplies into the city.

The electric wires got out of working order, and the city was lighted only by the glare of the flaming buildings.

The men therefore set vigorously to work to put in a spare pane, and get the light once more into working order.

There are now four cables in working order, and the cost of messages has been reduced twenty-five per cent.

(a) Was the apparatus for lowering the boats on the Titanic at the time of the casualty in good working order?