untwine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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“To untwine it to one aspect of it diminishes the other, and I don’t want to do that. It’s the totality of it. It’s the gestalt of it.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2022
It would be difficult to untwine the system by which we measured much of the past 80 years — but that isn’t really New Zealand’s goal.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2019
They are two events in his life he will never be able to untwine.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2013
She later said the police had to untwine him before he could be taken to the ambulance.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
And they had parted in the hey-day of youth, young and ardent, with arms passionately loth to untwine.
From Fort Amity by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
She untwined herself from the chair and trundled into the kitchen to retrieve a plaque she wanted to show.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
“But, Lenina . . .” he began protesting; and as she immediately untwined her arms, as she stepped away from him, he thought, for a moment, that she had taken his unspoken hint.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Cora untwined herself from Ridgeway and crawled toward the hand-car, left leg in agony.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
“We’ve been clutching each other like a couple of lost children,” Theodora said and untwined her arms from around Eleanor’s neck.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
He untwined his girdle and twined it about his neck.
From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by William T. Stead
"All right," said Allen obligingly, untwining his long legs, and taking the steps two at a time.
From The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys by Laura Lee Hope
He sat there, his elbows on the table, his fingers twining and untwining the thick red hair of his beard.
From The Book of All-Power by Edgar Wallace
But his eyes were wide open, feverish, almost glaring; he was twining and untwining his fingers and muttering excitedly.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
She sighed in a resigned, weary way, untwining her arm from about Val Beverley, and falling back upon her pillows.
From Bat Wing by Sax Rohmer
Chorus—O why should Fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining?
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
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