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

She clung desperately to Madge and would not unloosen her fat arms from about the girl's neck.

From Madge Morton's Trust by Chalmers, Amy D. V.

She began to unloosen from her hood her jewel, which was a rose fashioned out of pink shell work set with huge dewdrops of diamonds and crowned with a little crown of gold.

From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox

"It feels like a piece of armor, so I unloosen it as soon as I can," she answered.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

The big fellow swung my champion round and round, and lifted him again and again, just as he seemed to please, but could never unloosen the tight grip of Gunson’s hands.

From To The West by Fenn, George Manville