Example Sentences

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“It was about ‘How can I unkink the hose of this conversation and create a bridge in a common language?’

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2024

There is no better place to unkink a complicated piece of invented logic than in the water — there is little else to do, in fact, but confront your problems.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2016

Example: when the Army's supply lines kinked at Cherbourg, Clay crossed the Atlantic to unkink them.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a trend among Negro coeds and career girls to wear their hair "natural" instead of attempting to unkink it by "conking"�rinsing it with lye and binding it with handkerchiefs.

From Time Magazine Archive

It took me the rest of the run in to unkink my complaining joints and muscles and get into a standing position on the lower step.

From John Barleycorn by London, Jack