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

Will drink unloosen it?" said the Colonel; "though I dare say thou hast tried that spell at every ale-house on the road.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

Is it not marvellous how full people are—all people—of humour, tragedy, passionate human longings, hopes, fears—if only you can unloosen the floodgates!

From Adventures in Friendship by Grayson, David

The other merely grunted, and began to unloosen the cover.

From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Parrish, Randall

"If I unloosen you, will you promise not to run away?"

From The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave by Stratemeyer, Edward