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Example Sentences
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Sitting in a booth at a Denny’s restaurant in Anaheim, the 61-year-old Trentin’s fingers twist and untwist the wrapper to a plastic straw.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2022
Loosen the wire cage and untwist, but be absolutely sure to leave the cage on the bottle.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2021
As they put the demonstrator through its paces, they have already turned up unexpected difficulties—like the torques exerted by the steel cables, which, like any rope, want to untwist as they lift the weight.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2021
The unrelenting routine of twist, untwist, wrap in plastic, earns her $580 a month, a quarter of which she sends home to her grandparents, who care for her two children, aged one and seven.
From Time • Jan. 24, 2017
I open my bookbag and untwist the plastic bag, with my hometown clothes now bunched into a wet fist, then pull out my navy polo.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
