untwine

“To untwine it to one aspect of it diminishes the other, and I don’t want to do that. It’s the totality of it. It’s the gestalt of it.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2022

It would be difficult to untwine the system by which we measured much of the past 80 years — but that isn’t really New Zealand’s goal.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2019

They are two events in his life he will never be able to untwine.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2013

She later said the police had to untwine him before he could be taken to the ambulance.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

The Mother, wrung and torn with a very agony of tenderness and pity, knelt beside her, and began with gentle strength to untwine those clutching hands from the girl's hair.

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

She untwined herself from the chair and trundled into the kitchen to retrieve a plaque she wanted to show.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016

Cora untwined herself from Ridgeway and crawled toward the hand-car, left leg in agony.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

“We’ve been clutching each other like a couple of lost children,” Theodora said and untwined her arms from around Eleanor’s neck.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

“But, Lenina . . .” he began protesting; and as she immediately untwined her arms, as she stepped away from him, he thought, for a moment, that she had taken his unspoken hint.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

As he untwined the masses, it fell over the long bib, over the high chair, down till it swept the floor, in one unbroken flood of light.

From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Dougall, Lily

In truth, it was surprising to see how many disagreeable sentiments they all three contrived to express, without untwining their arms, or loosening their fond and graceful hold on each other.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various

Made of bamboo, cork, and thin paper, it had two propellers that revolved in opposite directions by the untwining of rubber bands that controlled them.

From Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades by Sanford, Chester Milton

Sending them an affectionate farewell, he embraced his weeping family, kissed his babes, and gently untwining their arms from his neck, turned away.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

Chorus—O why should Fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining?

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

I do not ask to see The unveiling of Thy purpose, or the shining Of future light on mysteries untwining; Thy promise-roll is all my own— Thy word is enough for me.

From Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work by Moody, Dwight Lyman