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

Lockhart sat back and began to unloosen his straps.

From The Secret of the Ninth Planet by Wollheim, Donald Allen

By tongue and deed he strove to unloosen the passions of hell to his own profit!

From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Footner, Hulbert

Should ye at every instant unloosen the tongue in thanksgiving and gratitude, ye would not be able to discharge yourselves of the obligation of gratitude for these bestowals.

From Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Take three men and unloosen a hundred barrels of oil.

From The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)