unweave
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of unweave
Example Sentences
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Now that narrative is starting to unweave itself.
From Salon
By unweaving your web, you may confirm their suspicions about the reliability of atheists, but you’ll also show that it’s possible to confess and seek absolution without believing in God.
From New York Times
The 73-year-old nation born of a bitter postcolonial divorce has heaved through humiliating defeats, careened from coup to coup and stubbornly endured despite relentless forces working to unweave it.
From New York Times
The fetish of individualism and the distrust of government are woven deep into the fabric of American culture, and it will take more than an election to unweave them.
From The Guardian
Mesh by knotted mesh, it’s a net we have woven, perversely, by unweaving the web of life.
From New York Times
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