unhook
verb (used with object)
to detach by or as if by releasing a hook.
was unhooking
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past progressiveof unhook.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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He soon freed himself by pushing his tongue into the blanket, which Noel now knows means he was unhooking his tongue spines from the blanket loops.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2016
The kicker of the day occurred while I was unhooking a dolphin in the cockpit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The major was unhooking the forceps now, dropping them in a basin.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
It was all I could do not to break down while Ray was unhooking my frock at the back.
From Banked Fires by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
