Example Sentences

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“In addition, jet bombers, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, are now being uncrated and assembled in Cuba, while the necessary air bases are being prepared.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

You can even put the dog, who may be resting uncrated at your feet, on the phone to say hello.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

After the seven-ton granite block was uncrated and the huge yellow crane had lowered it into place, workers brushed off the snow and Richard Dean walked over to look at his grandfather’s name.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2021

In Washington, the ICC recommended that the ferry line between Weehawken, N.J. and Manhattan help meet higher operating costs by increasing the fare for uncrated elephants from $1.40 to $2.80.

From Time Magazine Archive

He would have to wait for his own books to be uncrated before he could do more than apply symptomatic treatment.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)