unloosen
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unloosen
Example Sentences
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"We feel confident," jointly announced the unions and the contractors, "the wage adjustment will unloosen the log jam that has gripped local construction work."
From Time Magazine Archive
Take three men and unloosen a hundred barrels of oil.
From The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
They fished them out later from their slimy couch, and found that they had clasped one another so tightly in their mortal agony that it was deemed impious ever to unloosen that embrace.
From Alone by Douglas, Norman
She began to unloosen from her hood her jewel, which was a rose fashioned out of pink shell work set with huge dewdrops of diamonds and crowned with a little crown of gold.
From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox
The sub-lieutenant was called out of the conning tower, and Alfred directed to unloosen the cords.
From The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet by Ward, Kenneth
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