be loose
Example Sentences
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Take care when combining the rice, lentils and pasta: The mix should be loose and textured, not mushy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
It’s always felt like, “Ah, they’re the cool people that got it figured out and can be loose with conversation with everybody.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
Nobody wants to be sitting in a cramped seat on a commercial airliner flying at 30,000 feet wondering if the bolts holding the pieces of the jet together might be loose.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024
Their membership tends to be loose and sometimes overlaps.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023
This time tomorrow she would be loose in the night.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
