unlash
Example Sentences
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“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
“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.
It was an ancient cavern beneath the rim of a low cliff which overlooked the town and as Denver was helping to unlash the packs Bunker Hill came toiling up the trail.
From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Coolidge, Dane
Next he was at my side ordering me to unlash the wheel and stand by.
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
They forgot to unlash the wheels before they started, so the dog-cart came up-street on skids, as it were, screaming holy murder on the granite flags—which in turn saved the near wheel from destruction.
From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot