Example Sentences

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The mushrooms will release varying amounts of liquid depending on their variety and freshness; unstack the cookware and pour it off a time or two during cooking, as needed.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2022

The components of the kits are made of wood, metal, artificial stone, cardboard and plastic, and some stack and unstack easily while others require gloppy mortar or cumbersome interlocking mechanisms.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

My job when I was little was to stack and unstack the dishwasher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2021

Whole days seem to pass in which I do nothing but stack and unstack the dishwasher, transitioning from work to home-school to dismantling the fort in the living room to collapsing into bed at 9pm.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2020

Then, with my back to Dad, I unstack my clean clothes and unfold the yellow sundress.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller