Sentence examples for to untie from inspiring English sources

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to untie

verb

To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

  • To untie a knot

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Tom bent to untie his leash.

Gulliver eventually persuaded his captors to untie him.

Giving tenants the option to untie their leases is one way of remedying matters.

But they have tied themselves in knots and now it is too embarrassing to untie it".

The knot, always lumpy, tried to untie itself or ride up to my chin.

After an hour, Kozak was released, physically unharmed, and hurried upstairs to untie his staff.

Expertly using his teeth to untie the rope he slips free and wanders towards us.

"All the victims were able to untie themselves," Lieutenant Ahern said.

Lovers entwined in amorous knots it will take time to untie.

"The parents were told to untie the child and this was not appropriate," the report said.

So long as the tell-all fashion lasts, other biographers will go on trying to untie the knot.

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