Example Sentences

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Mother and daughter enacted a meditative, loose exchange, taking turns carefully tying and untying each other for nearly two hours with the jute rope that is traditionally used in their family’s region of Guadalajara.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

"We're untying our own hands with the update on unfair and deceptive practices," he said.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022

"I awoke from dreams of untying a great knot," sings Zauner on the opening track, Paprika.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2021

Groff’s dialogue, tying and untying ideological knots as she sketches their positions, keeps what could be leaden exposition bubbling.

From New York Times • May 13, 2021

She worked her feet more securely into her slippers, then came out from behind the coffee table gravely, untying and retying the belt of her dressing gown.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger