unfix
Example Sentences
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She was home from boarding school for the summer, and day after day the sun rose into a cloudless sky, from which Jane couldn’t unfix the word “cerulean,” which she’d learned in the art room.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2012
Dawn, and the men unfix bayonets as they step down from the fire-step and clean their rifles with pull-throughs.
From Tales of War by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron
Instead, we fix and unfix bayonets every ten minutes and make martial noises.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 by Various
"And wherefore say, good brother, that I would unfix thy principles of belief?" answered Clement.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir
The company officers ordered their men to unfix bayonets, and to help each other up the rocks.
From History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office
