uncurled

Example Sentences

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In a split second, Chauhan uncurled his fingers and accepted it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2020

On the side of a one-storey church, which was white and wooden and peaked with a small belfry, I uncurled a green hose and drank a long time.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2019

Compared to other farmers in his area, he said, his corn remains uncurled for longer.

From Salon • May 10, 2019

In New York, massive banners were uncurled from atop the entrance to the Holland Tunnel declaring “Black Lives Matter” and “Fund Black Futures.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2016

What he had taken for a part of the tower was the shoulder of the Dragon of Pendor as he uncurled his bulk and lifted himself slowly up.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin