Example Sentences

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Unscrewing the cap on a tube of mauve goo and giving it a generous swipe across puckered lips.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Unscrewing the top, he gathered bits of grass, flower petals, a twig, and a pebble, and placed them in the jar.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Unscrewing the filling cap of the petrol tank he plunged the handkerchief in, but turned his head at a voice at his elbow.

From H.M.S. —— by Bower, John Graham

Unscrewing the front of the mouthpiece of the false telephone, he took out the strip of cardboard upon which my number was written, turned it over ... and there upon the back was another number!

From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Rohmer, Sax

Unscrewing its cap, he poured into his left hand as much gunpowder as it could conveniently hold, and replaced the cap.

From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various