Example Sentences

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Anguiano said she was untangling the cats’ leashes when Rayne Beau jumped out of the vehicle, slipping out of his collar before dashing toward the forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

A crew was untangling ropes of cherry blossoms to form the backdrop of Madama Butterfly’s house in Nagasaki.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019

On he went with wry amusement as he told how the new regime was untangling "egalitarianism."

From Time Magazine Archive

Then my uncle was untangling me from the mess of screaming boy and spinning wheels.

From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson

“That’s mean,” Hazel chided, but she felt like something was untangling inside her—a knot of tension she’d been carrying for weeks.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan