How to Use unstuck in a Sentence

unstuck

adjective

• We couldn't get the steering wheel unstuck.
• The boat stuck in the Suez Canal has now become unstuck.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• Going against the worst defense in the league, the 49ers’ offense couldn’t get unstuck.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 1 Nov. 2020
• Getting stuck is the first step to getting unstuck, right?
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2022
• Austin Powers and Lana Del Rey are both swinging lovers unstuck from time.
  — Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023
• This is stuck in Congress for months and shows little sign of getting unstuck anytime soon.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 June 2022
• And this is where a deal between Volvo spinoff Polestar and rental giant Hertz has come somewhat unstuck.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
• Here are 13 ways to find inspiration and get unstuck: 1.
  — Amy Blaschka, Forbes, 15 May 2021
• The roots are the family’s twisty history and the mud represents how its members can’t get unstuck from the pain and secrets of their past.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2022
• Either way, he’s had his eye on a legal tool that could get the legislation unstuck.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 18 Apr. 2023
• But what often gets people unstuck is not wanting to be mad anymore.
  — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2019
• Then, on the heels of several corruption scandals, the mighty party — 140 years old next year — came unstuck.
  — Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
• Bechdel appears unstuck from time—and from the parts of her personality that often stymie her.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
• But even a small move toward something a little better and a little brighter can get you that much closer to being unstuck.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• When delivery bots get stuck on the sidewalk, good Samaritans help them get unstuck.
  — Wired, 29 Aug. 2019
• Just like naming the source of your anxiety, changing your inner narrative from fear-based to fact-based can help your brain get unstuck from fight-or-flight mode.
  — Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, SELF, 6 Apr. 2022
• By my count this is now the fourth case of a professional racing driver coming unstuck online.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 26 May 2020
• Tonight: Global banks are, once again, learning about the dangers of excessive leverage; the Great Stuck may be unstuck, but the Suez saga isn't over; and the housing market has truly gone bonkers.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 29 Mar. 2021
• Meanwhile, Stevenson has continued to get unstuck; a rugged 16-yard gain followed soon after to get New England down to the Indy 26-yard line.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• The way their professor and director gets them thrillingly unstuck is a tribute to her, to them and to the regenerative power of art.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 July 2021
• Today, the Earth is thoroughly unstuck and days are getting longer—albeit at mind-numbingly slow rates.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2023
• Body bags were being zipped and unzipped, causing the temperature to fluctuate in the tropical heat; name tags came unstuck and were lost.
  — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
• Once his car was unstuck, Renner got out of the PistenBully to speak to his family member, which is when the large snow-removal equipment started to roll on its own, Balaam said.
  — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2023
• Once the inner portion of the plate has moved enough to force the edges to overcome the friction holding them together to become unstuck, that stored energy radiates away in waves rippling through the Earth’s rocky surface.
  — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2020
• Given how much the raccoon was struggling to become unstuck and its thick fur likely rising its body temperature, Dymtryk said the animal could have died.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2022
• Replace mandatory self-talk such as have to or must with empowering words such as get to or want to in order to enhance the chances of getting unstuck from the procrastination.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• The researchers measured both the strength (or affinity) of that binding and the rate at which the transcription factors become stuck and unstuck (kinetics) when the motif is flanked by an STR instead of a random sequence.
  — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
• Henry is unstuck in history, vanishing from linear time to pop up at moments of key importance.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 May 2022
• My approach helps people make an impact and finally become unstuck.
  — Katie Sandler, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2021
• What seemed like a safe bet quickly came unstuck, as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates aggressively to tame inflation.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024