unweave

Example Sentences

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Now that narrative is starting to unweave itself.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

“This is an opportunity for Seattle to be truly progressive, to unpack and unweave those racist and biased practices embedded in all institutions of power,” said Chelsea Hendrickson, Northern Arapaho and Cupiq.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2019

To unweave the plot before your eyes would require several assistants from the circulation department and a committee of subscribers to appear and certify that the narrative implements are without trickery.

From Time Magazine Archive

—As we, or mother Dana, weave and unweave our bodies, Stephen said, from day to day, their molecules shuttled to and fro, so does the artist weave and unweave his image.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Yes, dear mamma, I am glad you are going with us instead of staying at home to weave and unweave webs. 

From A Modern Telemachus by Yonge, Charlotte Mary