Example Sentences

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A board member said in late August that markets rallying while the economic growth outlook weakened had undone some of the bank's monetary tightening.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023

I had not thought Pee-wee had undone so many.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2018

Ryan, at 45 the youngest speaker in nearly 150 years, was thought to be the only one capable of managing the fractious House Republicans who had undone Boehner.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2018

It is difficult to conclude anything from one experience, and yet it had undone everything.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2017

By the time she got to the door he had undone the complicated wire cap and was letting the cold milk run into his mouth.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison