Example Sentences

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The ring having become unriveted, the shell did not spin, and simply turned head over heels.

From Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915 by Vere-Laurie, Florence

We unriveted the handle, and then I held the bottom edge of the saucepan to the grindstone, while Rectus turned, and we soon ground the bottom off.

From A Jolly Fellowship by Stockton, Frank Richard

Mankind will drop its shackles and we, we shall have unriveted one of its chains.

From The Chief Legatee by Green, Anna Katharine

Two barges were purchased and put alongside the guards, unriveted and lowered upon the barges in single pieces.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Cumberland, Barlow