unloosen

Example Sentences

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"We feel confident," jointly announced the unions and the contractors, "the wage adjustment will unloosen the log jam that has gripped local construction work."

From Time Magazine Archive

They fished them out later from their slimy couch, and found that they had clasped one another so tightly in their mortal agony that it was deemed impious ever to unloosen that embrace.

From Alone by Douglas, Norman

She began to unloosen the rough coils in which the golden hair was pinned together.

From Thyrza by Gissing, George

These sights unloosen the bonds that bind him to the world.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.

The peasants unloosen   Their waistbelts, and gather Around the white napkin 420   To hold a great banquet.

From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Soskice, Juliet M.