uncouple
verb (used with object)
to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go.
were uncoupling
-
past progressiveof uncouple.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Some were uncoupling the dogs, whose hoarse, savage bay added not a little to the animation of the scene.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
If Majesty came some morning, with coffee of its own making, and swallowed it with them hastily while the dogs were uncoupling for the hunt, it was received as a grace of Heaven.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
