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
If she had a fault it was her unbended determination to go through with any thing she once undertook.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
To full satiety of grief she mourns, Then silent to the joyous hall returns, To the proud suitors bears in pensive state The unbended bow, and arrows winged with fate.
From The Odyssey by Alexander Pope
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
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
