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
As he said this I saw that he was uncoiling his lasso, and forming a noose at the end.
From Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory by Little, Norman
The nester was uncoiling a rope from his saddle horn, and at this sight Masten shrieked and went to his knees.
From The Range Boss by Schoonover, Frank Earle
