unspooled; unspooling; unspools
1
: to unwind from a spool
unspool the cable
2
: to execute or present artfully or gracefully
unspooled a jump shot
unspooling an intricate tale
: to be presented or revealed on or as if on a movie screen
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The Brooklyn rapper’s thoughts scan well on paper, then unspool in a delivery that lets the internal rhyme structure provide the emotional emphasis.
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Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
In addition, Amazon MGM is making 35mm prints of the film that will unspool for the December release dates.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
But the melodrama is perhaps the point—grief, Rooney recognizes, rarely unspools at anything like a measured pace or intensity.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
Filomena, a local woman hired as the groundskeeper, becomes a sympathetic listener as Alma’s characters unspool their secret tales.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Sep. 2024
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Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
In addition, Amazon MGM is making 35mm prints of the film that will unspool for the December release dates.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
But the melodrama is perhaps the point—grief, Rooney recognizes, rarely unspools at anything like a measured pace or intensity.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
Filomena, a local woman hired as the groundskeeper, becomes a sympathetic listener as Alma’s characters unspool their secret tales.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Unspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unspool. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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