unbind

Example Sentences

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I am trying to unbind the knots of power that still have effects in the present.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

Once released, the acetylcholine stays in the cleft and can continually bind and unbind to postsynaptic receptors.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Reince Priebus, then the chairman of the R.N.C., held long meetings with Mr. Cuccinelli and Rules Committee members who were seeking to unbind delegates.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2021

At higher temperatures, these vortices unbind and move away from each other, and are eventually destroyed by the system’s entropy.

From Nature • May 1, 2019

Abashed at my appearance, I quickly unbind my skirts so they fold about my legs, hiding my muddy feet.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein