unravel
verb (used with object)
to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
was unravelling
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past progressiveof unravel.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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She says she felt like everything was "unravelling" when she hit crisis point.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
The Cuban government, however, was unravelling the scheme.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2014
But the Frankfurter story was most decidedly not a scoop in the fall of 1973, when the American Presidency was unravelling.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2014
Casey, who played in the following group that day at Royal Aberdeen, observed that McIlroy continued to play aggressively, even when his round was unravelling.
From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2014
With hidden eyes and hands clasped tight upon the pains that racked her, she was unravelling the mystery of Life and Love.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Cynthia Stockley
