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

Slowly, slowly, slowly, I start to uncurl one arm from beneath me.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness