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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unknot.
  • noun The act of untying a knot.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Walk Like a Dog 2008

  • "Well, well!" said Meirion, knotting and unknotting his long hands.

    His Disposition 2010

  • Sylvie was twisting her hands together, her fingers knotting and unknotting in her lap.

    Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • Then comb or pick out the mane and tail, unknotting tangles if any, and removing dirt, straw, etc.

    BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » How to Groom a Horse 2010

  • Sylvie was twisting her hands together, her fingers knotting and unknotting in her lap.

    Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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