unbend
verb (used with object)
to straighten from a bent form or position.
is unbending
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present progressiveof unbend (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But if you do have a pound or three spare, HTE is unbending in its view that butter is one of the best investments in the supermarket chiller cabinet.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2019
But then I have so much that is unbending in my nature, and in our sphere of life there are so few temptations.
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
His reserve is unbending, and one would say, quoting a phrase of Mr. Pinero's, that fever would be the only heat which would permeate his body.
From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by J. Angus Hamilton
"But she is unbending," said Gardiner, grinding his teeth.
From Henry VIII and His Court by Henry Niles Pierce
"Thou wilt bend only my body," answered I; "for know that, being a noble, I have a soul that is unbending."
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
