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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
unknot . - noun The act of
untying aknot .
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Examples
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While the dogs are doing dog things, my writer brain is inevitably unknotting some little issue with the work, whether it is a sentence or a plot, a character issue or a connection.
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"Well, well!" said Meirion, knotting and unknotting his long hands.
His Disposition 2010
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Sylvie was twisting her hands together, her fingers knotting and unknotting in her lap.
Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010
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Then comb or pick out the mane and tail, unknotting tangles if any, and removing dirt, straw, etc.
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Sylvie was twisting her hands together, her fingers knotting and unknotting in her lap.
Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010
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The top took long moments for her to unlace, and his eyes were riveted on her fingers unknotting the ties.
Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009
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The top took long moments for her to unlace, and his eyes were riveted on her fingers unknotting the ties.
Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009
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The unknotting of a tension I didn't even know I carried around: a tension based in waiting for the bombs, in half-caught whispers about airplanes blowing up And he was on board with his pregnant fiancee!
Where were you when the Berlin Wall fell? shweta_narayan 2009
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Do you randomly pull on portions of cords, hoping to untangle the lights, or do you diligently follow them to their origin, unknotting and untwisting as you go?
Caught in a Blog Swarm: Strategies for Untangling Your Brand - Jory Des Jardins - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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The top took long moments for her to unlace, and his eyes were riveted on her fingers unknotting the ties.
Kiss of a Demon King Kresley Cole 2009
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