unroll
verb (used with object)
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).
are unrolling
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present progressiveof unroll.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Several companies in the United States and in Britain are unrolling hybrid seasons that integrate digital and in-person shows.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Workmen from the Nesci Brothers show are unrolling various pieces of the big top under the watchful eye of the boss canvasman.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
The shooting-star is one of our prettiest spring flowers, which arrives a little before the baby-eyes and just as the brakes are unrolling their green crosiers.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Even now the tombs of Egypt are unrolling their recorded epitaphs.
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by W. H. (William Henry) Rhodes
New plains are unrolling, new mountain tops sinking below our range of vision.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
