Example Sentences

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Unfurling the scrolls, recovered from a ruined library in the ancient town of Herculaneum, would almost certainly destroy them.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

Unfurling over the city like an enormous black umbrella, all moving spars and flanges, was the ship.

From The Verge • Jul. 8, 2018

Unfurling around and above the wooden platforms of A.J.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2017

Unfurling the new flag, Gen Campbell said the mission "will serve as the bedrock of an enduring partnership" between Nato and Afghanistan.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2014

The queen herself was seen summoning the winds, Unfurling her sails and frantically paying out the slackened ropes.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby