unknot

Example Sentences

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“This one is for smaller buttons. ... This one helps unknot shoelaces and stuff like that,” she says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

Our feet and spines will unknot, and high heels will fade from consciousness along with foot-binding and rib removal to shrink your waist.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

Finding the exact language to unknot those problems as well as satisfy lawyers working for 196 countries – each with different economies and exposures to climate change – would be another challenge.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2015

We tried to untangle ourselves as much as possible, but the knot dissolved before we were able to determine whether it was the unknot or not.

From Scientific American • Jan. 12, 2013

I unknot the cord from my belt and hers, and stuff it into her hands.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir