be loose

Example Sentences

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Take care when combining the rice, lentils and pasta: The mix should be loose and textured, not mushy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

"Something isn't right. We always say, his screw must be loose, but playing rugby as a loosehead prop."

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

And I was like, ‘Right, I’d quite like it to be loose.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024

“I’m bouncing around between every event and dancing. I’m trying to be loose and just trying to enjoy it.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

“You couldn’t get past me here—no room—and if I go back that brute’ll follow—next thing you’d know he’d be loose in the burrows. You leave it to me. I know what I’m doing.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams