Example Sentences

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"It's like flying a brick – there's only one way, and it's down," said Mr Davies, from Bollington, Cheshire, describing what it was like once the the glider was loosed.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

In the closing weeks of his presidency, Biden loosed his pardoning pen.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2025

Midway through his speech, the president quoted his favorite Irish poet, William Butler Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2024

We have entered another age of disunited nations, an era when mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

I loosed up my arms a little bit.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles