untwine
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
- untwineable adjective
Etymology
Origin of untwine
Example Sentences
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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
Can’t you untwine all those sentimental fancies of yours and find some really nice, human girl with whom to bedeck them?
From Jacob's Ladder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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