was uncurling

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of uncurl.
  uncurl

  verb (used with or without object)

  to straighten or become straightened out from a curl or curled position.

Example Sentences

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was uncurling

It, now, was uncurling itself with a sudden celerity totally foreign to the usual deliberation of its kind on awakening from sleep.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford

He saw a gaping, irregular hole where a fresh frond was uncurling.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various

The bracken, young and green and a mass of shining crystals, was uncurling itself on each side of the road.

From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith

Related Words

• spread
• stretch out
• unfurl
• unravel