unroll
verb (used with object)
to open or spread out (something rolled or coiled).
was unrolling
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past progressiveof unroll.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 had moved to one of the counters, where she was unrolling the skins Jeremy had brought.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
General Jackson had no orders for him at present, and Harry watched with extraordinary fascination the battle which was unrolling itself in film after film before him.
From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
And on this wall-less platform, which looked much like a primitive stage, a singular action was unrolling itself in the smoky glimmer of a two-cent lamp.
From Caybigan by James Hopper
All the time, mile upon mile, was unrolling before them the unforgetable beauty of the island.
From Romance Island by Zona Gale
The hired pianist had come, he was unrolling his sheets of dance-music and rolling them the contrary way.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
