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- verb Present participle of
unthread .
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Examples
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“As-salatu khairum minannaum,” he murmured, unthreading himself from around me and sticking each leg into his gray flannel pajama pants.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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“As-salatu khairum minannaum,” he murmured, unthreading himself from around me and sticking each leg into his gray flannel pajama pants.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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Yes, you can let them use a desktop client via IMAP but surely an unthreading option is not that hard.
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“As-salatu khairum minannaum,” he murmured, unthreading himself from around me and sticking each leg into his gray flannel pajama pants.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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Yes, you can let them use a desktop client via IMAP but surely an unthreading option is not that hard.
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Nicephorus Briennius was under the necessity of “unthreading the rude eye of rebellion,” and throwing such lights as were in his power upon the progress of the conspiracy.
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Jack loosed the crisscrossing riband of satin, unthreading it, then peeling down the delicate material so she could shift free of it.
SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992
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Thread can be knotted into the eye of the needle if for any reason it is required to be quite safe from accidental unthreading.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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Life, in such a case, may not offer a field of sufficient extent for unthreading the fatal links that have been wound about the machinery of health and have crippled its natural play.
The Opium Habit Horace B. Day
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And now, having too long detained you with my vagaries, let me say "good night," for it is getting dark, and before midnight I must patrol the keyboard for at least four hours, unthreading the digital intricacies of
Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques James Huneker 1890
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