unfurl

Example Sentences

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Alternating every two or three chapters, Ms. Seve and the actor Caleb Teaupa unfurl a blood- and brine-soaked epic set in and around the islands of long-ago Polynesia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The result will unfurl over years, not news cycles.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2026

Geopolitical events will unfurl as we watch from afar.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

But now scientists have used a combination of X-ray imaging and artificial intelligence to virtually unfurl it, revealing rows and columns of text.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

He listened to the sound of his sandals slapping against the temple’s stone floor as he let the idea unfurl in his imagination.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray