unloosen
Example Sentences
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"We feel confident," jointly announced the unions and the contractors, "the wage adjustment will unloosen the log jam that has gripped local construction work."
From Time Magazine Archive
"If I unloosen you, will you promise not to run away?"
From The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave by Edward Stratemeyer
Will drink unloosen it?" said the Colonel; "though I dare say thou hast tried that spell at every ale-house on the road.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott
By tongue and deed he strove to unloosen the passions of hell to his own profit!
From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Hulbert Footner
She clung desperately to Madge and would not unloosen her fat arms from about the girl's neck.
From Madge Morton's Trust by Amy D. V. Chalmers
