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  • verb Present participle of unsling.

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Examples

  • Josh hit the dirt; Zack thumped down beside him, already unslinging his rifle.

    Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Susan Fletcher 2010

  • But his cries summoned two other fellows — soldiers by the look of them — who closed in on us, unslinging their rifles as they ran.

    Greenmantle 2005

  • "Actually, yes, " I said, unslinging my bag from my shoulder.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

  • 'But don't worry/Baxter resumed, unslinging his backpack and laying it on the ground.

    Be My Enemy Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2004

  • Isaac came to a stop in front of the opening, shifted the snowmobile into neutral and throttled it down to a low idle before dismounting and unslinging his rifle.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • The warehouse's open door was being tugged shut, darkening the huge room, and Sharpe was unslinging his rifle as the first shots came from the closing door.

    Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

  • Isaac came to a stop in front of the opening, shifted the snowmobile into neutral and throttled it down to a low idle before dismounting and unslinging his rifle.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • They were hurrying, looking into the mist behind them and Sharpe, unslinging the rifle, wondered what in hell was happening.

    Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

  • Isaac came to a stop in front of the opening, shifted the snowmobile into neutral and throttled it down to a low idle before dismounting and unslinging his rifle.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

  • Isaac came to a stop in front of the opening, shifted the snowmobile into neutral and throttled it down to a low idle before dismounting and unslinging his rifle.

    Scott Free John Gilstrap 2003

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  • What? No tweets? Say it ain't so.

    October 21, 2011

  • If a gunslinger unslings a gun,

    what does an unslinger do to have fun?

    Does he unholster his gun super-quickly

    or does he insert it therein with a sickly

    grin and a word of appeasement?

    And for his easement,

    what's there to bolster a

    pseudo-upholsterer,

    the last of his cover being blown?

    October 22, 2011