had uncurled

• past perfect

  past perfect

  Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.

  of uncurl.
  uncurl

  verb (used with or without object)

  to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.

Example Sentences

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had uncurled

Massetti's convulsion had passed away, his hands had uncurled and his unearthly pallor had been succeeded by a faint flush.

From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Edmund Flagg

Now he came out of his chair as though a mighty spring had uncurled under him, and slapped an outspread hand to his forehead.

From A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck

In every leaf that had uncurled there was a delicate bloom, that which is upon all things in the first hours of life.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod

Related Words

• spread
• stretch out
• unfurl
• unravel