unloosen
Example Sentences
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"We feel confident," jointly announced the unions and the contractors, "the wage adjustment will unloosen the log jam that has gripped local construction work."
From Time Magazine Archive
The sub-lieutenant was called out of the conning tower, and Alfred directed to unloosen the cords.
From The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet by Kenneth Ward
Marise put out her hand for the market-bag and spoke with the peremptory decision that was always necessary to unloosen Biron from his temperamental tangles.
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
They may hasten a little the advent of that current, they may a little intensify its effect, but they have not the power to either unloosen it or stop it.
From The New York Stock Exchange and Public Opinion Remarks at Annual Dinner, Association of Stock Exchange Brokers, Held at the Astor Hotel, New York, January 24, 1917 by Otto Hermann Kahn
With a nod of farewell, John Parker and his wife started riding down the draw, while Farrel turned to unloosen his saddle-girth and adjust the heavy stock-saddle on the pinto's back.
From The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
