uncoil
verb (used with or without object)
to unwind from a coiled position.
was uncoiling
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past progressiveof uncoil.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The smoke was a tight little knot on the horizon and was uncoiling slowly.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Essentially, he was uncoiling the cyclotron that years earlier he had conceived by twisting Rolf Wideroe’s linear accelerator into a spiral.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The great snake was uncoiling itself rapidly, slithering out onto the floor.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
One of its treads was uncoiling slowly from its frame.
From Morale A Story of the War of 1941-43 by Murray Leinster
“But the chimney stack?” whispered Frank, as he could dimly make out that his father was uncoiling the rope, and he could see no place that would be suitable.
From In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First by Lancelot Speed
