unbend
verb (used with object)
to straighten from a bent form or position.
unbended
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past participleof unbend.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof unbend.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
unbendverb (used with object)to straighten from a bent form or position.
Example Sentences
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I had no desire to pry into M. Picot's secrets, but I could not help knowing that he had unbended to me because he was interested in the fur trade.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Louis, who always unbended to a merry jester, was showing his pictures to Killigrew, when they came to a painting of the Crucifixion, placed between portraits of the Pope and the "Roi Soleil" himself.
From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Thornton Hall
It was to no purpose, therefore, that Thwackum, who was immediately charged by Mr Blifil with the story, unbended all his rancour against poor Tom.
From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
I must he in the battle, but I'll go With empty quiver, and unbended bow; Not draw an arrow in this fatal strife, For fear its point should reach your noble life.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
Jennie was his companion now, and as he more and more unbended, and even joyously flung aside the habiliments of his dignity, her perception of him grew clearer.
From Jennie Gerhardt A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
