untied

Example Sentences

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His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

She and Melissa take it out, and then they realize they have to put it back in so he doesn't know that they're untied.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

Under the glare of fluorescent lights in her lab she slowly untied it, piece by piece, to expose the fabric for the first time in more than three decades.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

“I may leave one untied with a tracker,” Egurrola said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Ben untied his shoelaces again and began lacing them up, tighter than before.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy