ravels
- present tense form of ravel (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Quiet and unassuming, Henríquez’s novel ravels slowly and surprisingly, and without an iota of sentiment, delivers an original coming-to-America tale.
From Washington Post
Butley's life ravels like the end of his shirtsleeve; it conies undone in the single day we watch him.
From Time Magazine Archive
It's all here, the public occasions and ceremonies, the baffling indirections of court diplomacy, the knots and ravels of an intense family life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still another double agent ravels the skein of British cold-war diplomacy with a classically simple plan that Author Clifford fashions into a classically complicated thriller.
From Time Magazine Archive
He’s got on his moccasins, old ones he wears around the house, with holes worn under the big toes, and his V-neck maroon sweater with the ravels coming off the elbows.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
