uncoil
Example Sentences
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Gone is the idea of a totemic strand of DNA that extends six feet when uncoiled and stretched out in a straight line.
From New York Times
Had I said, "I love you"? I will never be able to uncoil that memory from my brain.
From Salon
He exploded out of his stance, a spring uncoiling, and his cleats ripped through the grass.
From Washington Post
Once uncoiled by the threat of blackmail and later, the admonishments of her husband, Torvald, her intelligence bursts forth with intoxicating and indomitable force.
From New York Times
He published photographs of security officers uncoiling barbed wire next to a wall that appeared more than two metres high.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
