unscrew
verb (used with object)
to draw or loosen a screw from (a hinge, bracket, etc.).
had unscrewed
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past perfectof unscrew.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Instead, the clamp nut had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Investigators discovered that a clamp nut threaded into the barrel of the actuator and that connects the top of the assembly to the stabilizer had unscrewed from the barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Braga had unscrewed the window to let Honnold in.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2018
On a hunch, the day before, Dan Hingston, Withington's veteran auction manager, had unscrewed the brass drawer pulls of an inlaid, bowfront bureau.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had unscrewed the chest plate of the nearest as he spoke, inserted the two-inch sphere that contained the tiny spark of atomic energy that was a robot’s life.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
