untwine
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“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
V. counter-rotate, evolve; unfold, unroll, unwind, uncoil, untwist, unfurl, untwine, unravel; untangle, disentangle; develop.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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
“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
“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
Cora untwined herself from Ridgeway and crawled toward the hand-car, left leg in agony.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
He untwined my arm from around his neck; he rose: his brown eyes lit—his lips trembled.
From Daisy Burns (Volume 2) by Julia Kavanagh
It was for this reason he had ordered the untwining of the creeper that was clinging above.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
"All right," said Allen obligingly, untwining his long legs, and taking the steps two at a time.
From The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys by Laura Lee Hope
I now thought of my betrothed, and, untwining myself from the lithe and nerveless limbs of the savage, I rose to my feet.
From The Scalp Hunters by F.A. Stewart
Jerry stared up, his face working horribly, his fingers twining and untwining.
From The Pirate Shark by Fred J. Arting
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 Dwight Lyman Moody
