uncurl
Example Sentences
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Dole eventually learned that he could grip a pen in his right fingers, a technique he used to mask the fact that he couldn’t uncurl them.
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2021
“It was amazing sitting on that bus and watching America uncurl before you.”
From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2019
Salgado’s hands began to uncurl and I brought markers and scrapbooks.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2019
Gradually - and very, very cautiously - one of those balls begins to uncurl, revealing two blackcurrant eyes, a long snout, an even longer tail and a soft pink belly.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2015
You’d uncurl your fists and let your thoughts go.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
