uncoil
verb
un·coil
ˌən-ˈkȯi(-ə)l 
uncoiled; uncoiling; uncoils
: to release from a coiled state : unwind
: to become uncoiled
Examples of uncoil in a Sentence
The spring began to uncoil.
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But during the middle stretch, everyone limbers up—Discs 15 and 16, afternoon and evening shows in Houston, are particularly loose and swinging, Robbie uncoiling like a snake.
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Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
As the verse uncoils, Em offers an R.I.P. to both Diddy’s late buddy the Notorious B.I.G. and his late nemesis Tupac Shakur, but with a twist that brings the subject back to Combs.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
Stewart conveys this repression physically, through a defensive crouch that uncoils when under attack.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Looking over a wobbly guardrail, Dale Landmann uncoiled a few feet of rope, cautiously lowering a white plastic pipe into the opaque waters of the Calumet River on a recent hot weekday morning.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
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Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
As the verse uncoils, Em offers an R.I.P. to both Diddy’s late buddy the Notorious B.I.G. and his late nemesis Tupac Shakur, but with a twist that brings the subject back to Combs.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2024
Stewart conveys this repression physically, through a defensive crouch that uncoils when under attack.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Looking over a wobbly guardrail, Dale Landmann uncoiled a few feet of rope, cautiously lowering a white plastic pipe into the opaque waters of the Calumet River on a recent hot weekday morning.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
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“Uncoil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncoil. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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uncoil
verb
un·coil
ˌən-ˈkȯi(ə)l
ˈən-
: to release or become released from a coiled state : unwind
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