unstrap
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unstrap
Example Sentences
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Passengers can unstrap from their seats, float around the cabin for a few minutes and take in the sweeping views of Earth, before the space plane glides back home and lands on a runway.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Mookie Betts didn’t have time to toss his bat, unstrap his shin guard or take even a half-step toward first base.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023
"We're in zero-g for around four minutes, and we get to get out of our seats, unstrap, float around, look at the thin limb of the Earth's atmosphere," Bezos told CBS News.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2021
The flight reached its apogee at 282,000 feet — 53.41 miles — where the passengers were able to unstrap and experience weightlessness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2021
As he struggled to unstrap himself, the car door flew open and a white blast of sunlight hit him in the face.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
After my ride, I unstrapped the unit thinking it was off, but an active arm snapped back with full force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
“When Tiger was 10 months old, I unstrapped him out of his high chair and he walked over and hit the ball,” Earl recalled on an HBO documentary about his son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
With the help of his father, also named Alfredo, he unstrapped the tractor from a trailer behind his pickup.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Baumgartner unstrapped his board, walked away and tried to compose himself.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
Taran unstrapped the weapons on Melyngar’s saddle, shared out the burden with Fflewddur and Gurgi, and hoisted the protesting Eilonwy to Melyngar’s back.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
As the ambulance was taking Mr. Jaccarino to Beth Israel Medical Center, the police said, he began unstrapping a belt that secured him to a stretcher inside the vehicle.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2012
As Genelle is unstrapping them, she's holding Rosa's hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Avoid wasting precious time, or even worse, unstrapping your back binding to skate through the flats, by hot waxing your board the night before riding.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had been in the process of unstrapping the protective plate.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Then, quickly unstrapping himself, he rose from the chair and trotted toward the station wagon.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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