unknot
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unknot
Example Sentences
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“This one is for smaller buttons. ... This one helps unknot shoelaces and stuff like that,” she says.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2022
It is tempting, in hindsight, to wonder if his scholarship wasn’t a trail of bread crumbs — one long, unconscious attempt to unknot the riddle of his vexed self.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
Our feet and spines will unknot, and high heels will fade from consciousness along with foot-binding and rib removal to shrink your waist.
From The New Yorker ● May 16, 2016
Finding the exact language to unknot those problems as well as satisfy lawyers working for 196 countries – each with different economies and exposures to climate change – would be another challenge.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2015
I unknot the cord from my belt and hers, and stuff it into her hands.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
On a recent morning in a Turkish cafe in north London, Deborah Levy unknotted the silk scarf around her neck in preparation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Along the way, well before Ruiz unknotted the score, there was a list of problems for the Nationals, none unique to their quick trip to the desert.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022
Paul answered with consecutive 3-pointers to knot it again, and he later unknotted it for good.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
But our dependence is too deep and complex to be quickly or cheaply unknotted.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2020
I unknotted the cloth and found an object hidden within: a little wooden horse.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
In particular, Mr. Cuomo said that the state needed help in unknotting a supply chain from large manufacturers to some 300 smaller laboratories in New York.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
He writes and speaks with fierce honesty and is fascinated by the crooked road and unknotting life's inconsistencies, an inclination that can lead to splendid and scary places.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2016
It all seemed to make sense, and I felt myself unknotting.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2010
As they rushed to finish Phaedra, their fourth movie together, Producer Jules Dassin, 49, and Actress Melina Mercouri, 36, made sufficient progress at unknotting their tangled marital affairs to feel justified in announcing their engagement.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rope tying her to the tree dug into her waist, and she spent a few moments unknotting it while she studied the boy, asleep in the same position he’d been in the night before.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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