unbend
verb (used with object)
to straighten from a bent form or position.
had unbended
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past perfectof unbend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I had no desire to pry into M. Picot's secrets, but I could not help knowing that he had unbended to me because he was interested in the fur trade.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Gerhardt had unbended so gradually that his interest was not even yet clearly discernible, but he had a distinct feeling of kindliness toward her.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
