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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
unloosen .
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Examples
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Finally Princess Leia herself spills the beans and unloosens the buns in this tell-all about her dysfunctional childhood as the daughter of celebrities, her drug-filled teenage years, and of course, her iconic role in the original Star Wars trilogy.
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Outside, through the dirty periscope, gnarled fog unloosens from the bright zone of frost that belly-bands the reared and shadowy rocket, where the liquid-oxygen tank's being topped off.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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"I'll be over at Elmnest before your -- your 'good judgment' needs mine," he said to me as softly as I think a mother must speak to a child as she unloosens clinging dependent fingers.
The Golden Bird Maria Thompson Daviess 1898
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He will think it is choking you and when he unloosens it he will find my note.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures Frances Trego Montgomery 1891
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If it be very slight it only sets his tail wagging; if it be strong it unloosens his tongue.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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If it be very slight, it only sets his tail wagging; if it be strong, it unloosens his tongue.
The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879
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What an influence is this you are under, and which you cannot explain, which weakens every nerve, and unloosens every cord and muscle, and sets free upon and over you a myriad of sensations you never knew before!
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He was not one of those men who, when wine or good humor unloosens their tongue, become loquacious, and tell all that lies hidden in their heart, speak of the past and future, chatter and boast.
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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a buffet, and_ Mr. Jarvis _unloosens her bonnet and collar.
Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. Sarah Anne Curzon 1865
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