uncoil
verb (used with or without object)
to unwind from a coiled position.
had uncoiled
-
past perfectof uncoil.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The rattler had uncoiled and was creeping away when Ned rushed up and struck at him.
From Dick in the Everglades by A. W. Dimock
One of the men now produced an iron bar, which he drove firmly into the soil a yard from the edge, and attached to it a rope that he had uncoiled from his body.
From Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
Whilst I was speaking, he had uncoiled some large sheets of paper which he had brought in his hand from his own room.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker
The big guide had uncoiled his long dog-whip.
From Kazan by James Oliver Curwood
But there were the ropes with unbroken seals, lying there, silent but absolute evidence that no human agency had uncoiled them.
From The Spiritualists and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton
