How to Use unstick in a Sentence

unstick

verb

• These acids unstick the glue holding on to your dead skin cells.
  — Bre Richey, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2021
• Even though the team was able to unstick most of the valves, Vollmer said the team had to make the decision to bring the spacecraft back and get to the root of the problem.
  — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• Dear Readers: To unstick a zipper, run a dry bar of soap or a candle along it.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019
• Boeing teams working this week were able to unstick all but four.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 13 Aug. 2021
• The Fed is hoping the cash injections unstick the markets.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 19 Mar. 2020
• Not having to unstick mower blades coated with grass and dirt after more than half a year in the garage is a bonus.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022
• Not having to unstick mower blades coated with grass and dirt after more than half a year in the garage is a bonus.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2023
• Maybe the dealer thinks the float is stuck and by filling the tank frequently Mary might somehow help unstick it.
  — Ray Magliozzi, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Maybe the dealer thinks the float is stuck, and by filling the tank frequently, Mary might somehow help unstick it.
  — Ray Magliozzi, The Seattle Times, 29 Aug. 2017
• And is there anyone willing to reach down their hand to unstick a garbage disposal?
  — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2022
• If bowls have been stacked on a shelf for a time and are stuck together, here’s how to unstick them without causing damage.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
• Asteroid Splitting Doesn't Work How to unstick a gecko.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2012
• Of course, this is going to require a willingness to change and unstick ourselves from previous ways of working.
  — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• An agreement could unstick the logjam surrounding the rights of EU citizens which is slowing the divorce talks and risks delaying the trade deal May wants.
  — Tim Ross, Bloomberg.com, 31 July 2017
• The Playlist is for those who are in need of healing or desire to unstick themselves from negative situations.
  — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 15 Jan. 2021
• The video clip shows that the driver gets about halfway through the line before needing to reverse and unstick a pesky motorcycle before charging back down to finish the job.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 22 June 2022
• The video initially shows a cow (that eventually reached safety) struggling to unstick its legs from fast-moving mud and water.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2017
• Getting soaked would unstick their feet, but geckos are able to prevent this in damp conditions by quickly shedding water drops from their soles.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012
• Beyond that, keeping your blood flowing and exercising your limbs’ full range of motion can unstick any tissues in your arm that are over-compressed.
  — Hannah Seo, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
• If your botanicals have the consistency of tissue paper and feel dry, carefully pull and stretch the bottom liner to unstick them.
  — Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
• That reframing exercise is a really powerful one to be able to unstick yourself and then to be able to move forward in a new direction.
  — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• The gecko’s thousands of points of contact on each toe create a weak electromagnetic connection to the surface, allowing the animal to stick and unstick its feet with ease.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2015
• The mere anticipation of the Fed programs has helped to unstick corporate credit, which had ground to a halt amid shutdowns and financial market tumult.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2020
• Everyone blamed everyone else for the incident, but the fragile glue that had held public order together began to unstick.
  — Nan Randall, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018
• In the time since, authorities have been unable to unstick the vessel and traffic through the canal — valued at over $9 billion a day — has been halted, further disrupting a global shipping network already strained by the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2021
• This spring, the engineers decided the best course was to fire both the primary and backup deployment motors for the solar array simultaneously in hopes that this additional force would unstick the lanyard.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022
• Hochul pledged quick action to unstick an application bottleneck that has kept federal aid money from flowing to renters who suffered financially because of the pandemic.
  — Fox News, 25 Aug. 2021
• Physical exfoliants are scrubs, which slough away old cells with gritty substances and a touch of elbow grease, whereas chemical exfoliants use dead skin cell melting substances like glycolic or lactic acids to unstick stubborn cells.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 25 June 2018
• Hochul also pledged quick action to unstick an application bottleneck that has kept federal aid money from flowing to renters who suffered financially because of the pandemic.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024