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
Then he seized the little reptile, and proceeded to untwine it from its constriction of Lawrence’s wrist.
From Yussuf the Guide The Mountain Bandits; Strange Adventure in Asia Minor by John Schonberg
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 his girdle and twined it about his neck.
From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by William T. Stead
"God will bring me safely back to you, dear mother," urged Agnes, gently untwining those loving arms; "Good-by."
From Angel Agnes The Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport by Charles Wesley Alexander
I do not ask to see The unveiling of thy purpose, or the shining Of future light or mysteries untwining; The promise-roll is all my own, Thy word is enough for me.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
He sat there, his elbows on the table, his fingers twining and untwining the thick red hair of his beard.
From The Book of All-Power by Edgar Wallace
She sighed in a resigned, weary way, untwining her arm from about Val Beverley, and falling back upon her pillows.
From Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer
"Eli, your overcoat is wet," she exclaimed, untwining her arms from his neck.
From The Little Mixer by Lillian Nicholson Shearon
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