untied

Example Sentences

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She and Melissa take it out, and then they realize they have to put it back in so he doesn't know that they're untied.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

Under the glare of fluorescent lights in her lab she slowly untied it, piece by piece, to expose the fabric for the first time in more than three decades.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

In a scene captured by The Washington Post in 1981, she untied the strings of the small pouch and removed the Tony.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024

“I may leave one untied with a tracker,” Egurrola said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Some of the lines are silly—about how he hogged the pepperoni pizza at our birthday party, put an obviously recyclable cup in the trash, and often leaves his shoelaces untied.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison