unstring
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That alone would’ve been enough for me to unstring my racquets and call it a career.
From Newsweek ● Jun. 21, 2011
An earnest, fluent talker, who could unstring his bow and throw a charm even over ordinary topics.
From Glories of Spain by Charles W. (William) Wood
What I have recently gone through with is quite enough to unstring the nerves of a stronger woman than I am, and what must be my condition?
From An Arkansas Planter by Opie Percival Read
"Co-Tan," he said, "unstring your bow—these are my friends, and yours."
From Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs
He paused long enough to unstring the bow and put it back in the quiver.
From The Pirates of Shan by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
Uncle says that after you have been at work very hard it’s like unstringing the bow; and so it is.
From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
"Maybe it's too early yet for the unstringing to begin!"
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Owen Wister
There was something horrible, unnatural in the silence, and I felt fear run down my back like ice, unstringing my muscles, sucking my heart.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Your nerves are on the rack, and will be the better for unstringing.
From Recalled to Life by Grant Allen
Tim Reardon, unstringing two of the pickerel from the rope, transferred them to a twig of alder that he cut from a near by bush, and handed them to her.
From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Ruel Perley Smith
By the time Gilgamesh sets out in search of immortality, he is already unstrung.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Mr. Fitzsimons, a recreational trapper, was also carrying a six-foot-long unstrung archery bow and a fur pelt draped across his neck.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
He also wore a fur pelt around his neck and carried an unstrung wooden archery bow.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
He can be seen hurling his unstrung bow into the tunnel, striking the helmet of D.C.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022
Then, to Peter’s shock, she unstrung his wires.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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