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
“Yes,” I said, as I took hold of the pole, keeping my feet as far away as I could from the writhing knot, for fear it should suddenly untwine and embrace my legs.
From Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah by Smith, W.T.
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
Cora untwined herself from Ridgeway and crawled toward the hand-car, left leg in agony.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
“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
“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
The branches slowly untwined and the trees seemed to bend apart and make a narrow pathway for his entrance.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
It was for this reason he had ordered the untwining of the creeper that was clinging above.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
"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 Hope, Laura Lee
"Eli, your overcoat is wet," she exclaimed, untwining her arms from his neck.
From The Little Mixer by Shearon, Lillian Nicholson
Made of bamboo, cork, and thin paper, it had two propellers that revolved in opposite directions by the untwining of rubber bands that controlled them.
From Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades by Sanford, Chester Milton
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 Wallace, Edgar
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