unfurl
verb (used with object)
to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
is unfurling
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present progressiveof unfurl (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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Again, playoff talk might be folly for a team coming off a 23-point loss at home and unceremoniously blanked in the second half, but that’s the way the season is unfurling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
And for China, the U.S. withdrawal has raised fears of a widening network of militant groups targeting the ambitious infrastructure projects it is unfurling westward across Eurasia.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2021
And while The Guest is unfurling before your eyes, you’ll instantly forget that you know Dan Stevens best as a period-costumed dreamboat on Downton Abbey.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2014
Whatever ribbon of highway is unfurling across your mental windshield, it’s probably not in Massachusetts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2012
