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

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, Ford Madox

Marise put out her hand for the market-bag and spoke with the peremptory decision that was always necessary to unloosen Biron from his temperamental tangles.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

"It feels like a piece of armor, so I unloosen it as soon as I can," she answered.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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