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 other merely grunted, and began to unloosen the cover.
From The Strange Case of Cavendish by Randall Parrish
The woman lifted the head from the pillow to unloosen the tight folds, and at the movement Pixie sighed, and opened wide, bewildered eyes.
From More about Pixie by William H. C. Groome
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 Juliet M. Soskice
She began to unloosen from her hood her jewel, which was a rose fashioned out of pink shell work set with huge dewdrops of diamonds and crowned with a little crown of gold.
From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford Madox Ford
