unbend
verb (used with object)
to straighten from a bent form or position.
had unbent
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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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Mr. Caton had gone begging to Mr. Dubonnet, and the union chief had unbent just enough to let him build me the nozzles, casements, fins, and nose cones I needed for my display.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
It occurred to him that Miss Merril might regret that she had unbent so far the previous night, and he wondered uneasily whether he had ventured further than was advisable.
From Thrice Armed by Harold Bindloss
I listened to him with my ears only, his words jostling my thoughts, as one would puzzle over and listen to a superior being which had unbent to be intimate, but was outside our experience.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
Even the supercilious ticket-seller at the San Francisco depot had unbent, and wished them good luck.
From Blix by Frank Norris
There were proofs in every thing about him that his mind had unbent itself agreeably; his powers had expanded upon different objects, building, planting, improving the soil and the people.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 08 by Maria Edgeworth
