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
“You do need assistance,” she replied, endeavoring to untwine the vines twisted about his shoulders, “now turn around.”
From The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan
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
“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
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
But this messenger untwined the wolf's hair and gave only the ring to Gunnar, who took it as a signal of good faith and gladly accepted the invitation.
From Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas by E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton
“Oh, my father!” said she, untwining herself from the colonel’s embrace, though she still nestled up close to him, as she stared at me shyly, with a puzzled look on her mignonne face.
From The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea by Henry Austin
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
Yonder there flow, untwining and twining their loops anew!
From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Emile Verhaeren
"Don't give me your advice, Ogilvie," said he, untwining and throwing away the bit of casting-line that had cut his finger.
From Macleod of Dare by William Black
Sending them an affectionate farewell, he embraced his weeping family, kissed his babes, and gently untwining their arms from his neck, turned away.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
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