uncage
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As I sweltered under a fierce sun, I hoped to let the truth uncage itself.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
Three more outs, and the Royals could uncage their three-headed relief monster.
From Washington Post
We will now uncage him by digging down into his den.
From Gaut Gurley by Thompson, D. P.
Then the question arose as to who would uncage our love-birds and bear the first brunt of Silver Tongue's explosion.
From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd
They had forgotten on Monday night to uncage the two black owls; and so it was necessary that the Duke's death should be postponed.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
Such a reduction in fertility could tip populations into a long-term decline in the real world, where uncaged bees are not protected from predators or provided with easy access to unlimited food, Stuligross says.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 22, 2021
Kramer added: "It looked like it didn't bother him one second, and that hurt, you know? He's just untamed and uncaged and he's happy."
From Fox News ● Sep. 23, 2021
In the last few years, as if uncomfortable with becoming elder statesmen, the Flaming Lips found a new left turn, in the form of Ms. Cyrus, the uncaged ex-Disney star.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2017
The fast shift toward uncaged hens is a sign of Americans’ increasing concern about animals, even ones known more for clucking than cuteness.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2016
The doors spread open like bird's wings, and Max and I bolt through them, uncaged.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Mrs. Argenter had died of that disease which lets the spirit free like the uncaging of a bird.
From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
She dreaded uncaging her secret, because of the change it must work, whether immediate action were taken or not.
From There & Back by MacDonald, George
Is n't there a story somewhere of a man uncaging, as he thought, a spaniel, and finding it to be a lion?
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
