Example Sentences

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There was evidently some mystery afoot, and the expectation of its unravelment gave a spice of excitement to the coming visit.

From More About Peggy by Unknown

How, too, she had tried to impart that element of hope to her uncle, only to be told that their entanglement was even beyond Helston Varne’s powers of unravelment.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

Don't be afraid, Andrew, that I am going to turn amateur detective and make the unravelment of this case all the more difficult for Scotland Yard.

From The Evil Shepherd by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

To attempt an unravelment of these contradictions, let us call up the phantom of this mysterious personage, and subject him to review.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 by Chambers, William

I have been referring in my previous remarks, for the most part, to unravelment of the normal individual's life history.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various