uncoil
Example Sentences
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There is fundamental pent-up demand for home improvement that should uncoil as housing turnover improves.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
Slamming her feet down on the springboard, Biles compresses the springs that then uncoil and transfer energy back into her body as she reaches up and backward for the vault table.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2024
Had I said, "I love you"? I will never be able to uncoil that memory from my brain.
From Salon • May 2, 2023
Though they look dead, with leafless branches and rough, gnarled trunks, their buds are still developing, and by spring, they are ready to uncoil and emerge.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2017
In the baffled silence I began to uncoil slowly.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.