unlash
Example Sentences
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The men's guns were lashed on the komatik, and both were, therefore, unarmed, and before they could reach the komatik and unlash the rifles the wolves had fled over the hill and out of range.
From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon
A bear had crossed close ahead, and before he could unlash his rifle the komatik had dashed right onto the animal, who, instead of running, stood up and showed fight.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
We were forced to unlash all the strips running from side to side and insert supports, made of smaller bones, across the middle each way.
From Under the Andes by Stout, Rex
“You’ll unlash them every night when you’re piped to do so, and you’ll lash them up, out of the way, every morning, just as if you were aboard a battleship.”
From Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam by Webster, Frank V.
“Here, unlash these blessed ropes, they’re a-cuttin’ into my arms like hooroar.”
From Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by Fenn, George Manville
