uncurls

It uncurls in your hand like an autumn leaf but fails to recall your happiness.

Touching the Ceiling is Touching the Floor, Only from Above Amy Geeleher 2011

“Such dedication can be found in the most unlikely places,” the Pythia uncurls a finger towards the girl, who sighs in relief knowing that this fate is the best she can do.

Little Girl Dreams Persephone Vandegrift 2011

Then, bit by bit, his back uncurls and straightens until all of a sudden there is he, upright, truly a man.

When Did We Become Mentally Modern? 2010

Then, bit by bit, his back uncurls and straightens until all of a sudden there is he, upright, truly a man.

When Did We Become Mentally Modern? 2010

The other fist uncurls from its grip on the wheel and flicks a wave.

Assumption 2010

And then you carry her over to her crib and lean your body in as far as it can go, keeping her pressed against you as you lower her down, and you lay her down, and she uncurls her little fists and rolls onto her side and you stay, hunched over, listening to her breathe.

Another Head Cold, Not My Own | Her Bad Mother 2006

The team uncurls a little from the hug, their heads turning toward the screen behind them.

Cheer! Kate Torgovnick 2008

The team uncurls a little from the hug, their heads turning toward the screen behind them.

Cheer! Kate Torgovnick 2008

A benign circle of growth uncurls as a widening variety of workers create rising riches for each other.

The Economic Cost Of Immigration 2008

The hibernating skunk, curled up in his deep den, uncurls himself and ventures forth to prowl the wet world for breakfast, dragging his belly in the melting snow.

Tributes to Aldo Leopold 2008