unknot

Example Sentences

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“This one is for smaller buttons. ... This one helps unknot shoelaces and stuff like that,” she says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

O’Reilly said he was inspired to investigate after spending decades pondering why laces spontaneously unknot themselves – an intellectual niggle that intensified when he came to teach his daughter how to tie her laces.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2017

Our feet and spines will unknot, and high heels will fade from consciousness along with foot-binding and rib removal to shrink your waist.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

We tried to untangle ourselves as much as possible, but the knot dissolved before we were able to determine whether it was the unknot or not.

From Scientific American • Jan. 12, 2013

I crouched to unknot my frayed, triple-knotted laces.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee