uncoil
verb (used with or without object)
to unwind from a coiled position.
uncoiling
Example Sentences
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He exploded out of his stance, a spring uncoiling, and his cleats ripped through the grass.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
He published photographs of security officers uncoiling barbed wire next to a wall that appeared more than two metres high.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2022
It’s followed by an uncoiling down the mound with the left hand holding the baseball last in the movement.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
On his way up, he span round on an uncoiling rope with the camera on his back: “There’s GoPro footage of that which still makes me ill.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2018
Other times it would raise itself, uncoiling to look into bushes for eggs and birds on the nest.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
