loose
Example Sentences
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Coal twisted, trying to get loose, but only managed to get his pants further mangled.
From Literature
“They told me a suspect was on the loose and that police were holding a perimeter. I didn’t know he was armed,” Hammitt said.
From Los Angeles Times
On the streets, loose networks of protesters have jelled into a larger movement to resist the federal agents, using loud whistles to warn of their presence and phones to record their actions.
Jazz legend Louis Armstrong reshaped music in the 20th century, developing the instrumental solo as we know it and inspiring generations to let loose and get personal with their singing.
The crucial moment in the third set came when Muchova spilled a forehand long on serve to give Gauff three break points in game three, with another loose shot from the Czech sealing her fate.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
