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

The peasants unloosen   Their waistbelts, and gather Around the white napkin 420   To hold a great banquet.

From Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? by Soskice, Juliet M.

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

These sights unloosen the bonds that bind him to the world.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.