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  • adjective not clamped

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un- +‎ clamped

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Examples

  • Baldy unclamped a large key ring from his waist and began his search for the key that would unlock Apartment 302.

    Push Comes to Shove Oasis 2010

  • “You have eleven minutes left to get that aorta unclamped.”

    Lipstick in Afghanistan Roberta Gately 2010

  • And it was that that was seen as the “assault on civil liberties” not the gross overreaction to someone not getting back to their meter in time of having to wait for hours to get unclamped.

    21 « November « 2008 « Stephen Rees's blog 2008

  • I'm not saying people embedded razor blades in their envelope, but it felt like that if you dragged your fingers across unclamped staples.

    What's with the envelope kissing? Sheesh! DAVID BISHOP 2008

  • I'm not saying people embedded razor blades in their envelope, but it felt like that if you dragged your fingers across unclamped staples.

    Archive 2008-09-01 DAVID BISHOP 2008

  • And it was that that was seen as the “assault on civil liberties” not the gross overreaction to someone not getting back to their meter in time of having to wait for hours to get unclamped.

    People inclined to steal if others breaking rules « Stephen Rees’s blog 2008

  • The soft breeze that always soughed through the Dragon Courts brushed against his skin, and he took advantage of the darkness and clamped and unclamped his jaw to ease some of the tension.

    Aerie Lackey, Mercedes 2006

  • Benjamin Riley scowled, unclamped the spoon, and picked a caddy off the shelf.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

  • Benjamin Riley scowled, unclamped the spoon, and picked a caddy off the shelf.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

  • Benjamin Riley scowled, unclamped the spoon, and picked a caddy off the shelf.

    The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004

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