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
There are multiclause, repetitious lines that uncoil with what I can only describe as the balletic grace of a woman in full possession of her whole body.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2017
“No. That’s not why. You chose the name Fern because you loved the way ferns uncoil from fronds, like a dancer.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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