unbend
verb (used with object)
to straighten from a bent form or position.
unbends
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present tense formof unbend (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Instead of shuttling back and forth, the vitamin A complex stays put in the retina, where one wavelength of light bends the light-sensing molecule, while another unbends it.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 9, 2023
But as you pass from childhood to middle age, from middle age to old age, the coin slowly unbends.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2018
This is not a short-term strategy until he unbends and promises to change—he’s made it clear he can’t be trusted, so don’t trust him.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2017
Besuited and stiffly formal of speech, he gradually unbends as he talks about his giving.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2010
Stern Toil, beneath her gentle sway, Well pleased, unbends his rugged brow— With Bloomfield chants the rustic lay, Or guides with Burns the daisied plough.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
