uncoil
Example Sentences
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There is fundamental pent-up demand for home improvement that should uncoil as housing turnover improves.
From Barron's
“No. That’s not why. You chose the name Fern because you loved the way ferns uncoil from fronds, like a dancer.”
From Literature
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Lala uncoils something from her hip and looks at her crew.
From Literature
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Most impressively, Lopez grabs a martini, slowly does a one-legged spin to the ground and then uncoils herself to stand back up and cheer.
From Los Angeles Times
On the drive out that afternoon, between fields of corn and sunflowers, miles of newly uncoiled barbed wire glint in the sunlight.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.