loosed
Example Sentences
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"It's like flying a brick – there's only one way, and it's down," said Mr Davies, from Bollington, Cheshire, describing what it was like once the the glider was loosed.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
In the words of the Yeats poem, "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world… Surely some revelation is at hand."
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025
Midway through his speech, the president quoted his favorite Irish poet, William Butler Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2024
After decades of designing linear video game adventures such as the Ninja Gaiden and Nioh series, Team Ninja has dropped the guardrails and loosed players into an open world.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
The old woman from the next field swept a broom through the air and loosed the spirits-of-the- broom over our heads.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
