uncage
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As I sweltered under a fierce sun, I hoped to let the truth uncage itself.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
Three more outs, and the Royals could uncage their three-headed relief monster.
From Washington Post
We will now uncage him by digging down into his den.
From Gaut Gurley by Thompson, D. P.
They had forgotten on Monday night to uncage the two black owls; and so it was necessary that the Duke's death should be postponed.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
If a man was a theorist, he could here find a voice for his opinions; and if he were a genius, he could here uncage his gifts and find recognition.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Butterworth, Hezekiah
Critics called on the zoo to provide them with better food, more uncaged time and ultimately a transfer to a panda refuge.
From Reuters ● Dec. 21, 2022
Musk earlier had tweeted that the bird had been uncaged.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
Such a reduction in fertility could tip populations into a long-term decline in the real world, where uncaged bees are not protected from predators or provided with easy access to unlimited food, Stuligross says.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 22, 2021
Kramer added: "It looked like it didn't bother him one second, and that hurt, you know? He's just untamed and uncaged and he's happy."
From Fox News ● Sep. 23, 2021
A large black raven sleeps uncaged alongside the complete works of Shakespeare.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
She dreaded uncaging her secret, because of the change it must work, whether immediate action were taken or not.
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
Mrs. Argenter had died of that disease which lets the spirit free like the uncaging of a bird.
From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Is n't there a story somewhere of a man uncaging, as he thought, a spaniel, and finding it to be a lion?
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
