How to Use untwist in a Sentence

untwist

verb

• To refill the Hew Dewy, untwist the top and bring the bottom piece to the nearest sink.
  — Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Mar. 2023
• When removing the cork, hold the top of the cage with your thumb to keep the cork in place and untwist the wire six times.
  — Micaela English, Town & Country, 15 Feb. 2017
• The goal is to untwist the cap with a spin kick, without moving the bottle itself.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
• From there, the robot starts to untwist, like a spring that stores energy in its body.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022
• They can be cut easily to the needed size and are so easy to untwist as needed.
  — Hints From Heloise, star-telegram.com, 15 June 2017
• For physical breakup of the blockage, untwist and extend a wire hanger and poke around in there.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• Its robotic top twists off lids with the touch of the button, then the two padded, curvy arms press in on the jar's exterior while the motor spins the lid to untwist it in a flash.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2021
• In the team’s lab tests, an untwisting fiber spun a bit of paper at 600 revolutions per minute for a full five seconds.
  — Sid Perkins, Scientific American, 11 July 2019
• By twisting and untwisting the fibers in a water bath, the researchers could measure their performance as coolants.
  — George Musser, Science | AAAS, 10 Oct. 2019
• Turner’s demand to end the trend comes after Kendall Jenner posted a clip of herself untwisting a bottle cap while riding a jet ski and wearing a tiny green bikini on Monday.
  — Robyn Merrett, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2019
• How To Coil Cables Audio engineers swear by the overunder method of coiling, which retains the natural shape of the cord's internal wires and keeps them completely untwisted.
  — Rachel Z. Arndt, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2013
• Simply twisting and untwisting the rubber worked even better, with an average temperature change of about 12°C.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2019
• Allowing each of these fibers to quickly untwist produced a cooling effect, but its strength varied, depending on the material.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2020
• Stretching this setup actually untwists the line instead of twisting it tighter, reversing the warming/cooling cycle.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2019
• The condition can require immediate surgical intervention to untwist the ovary, remove any cysts that are enlarging the ovary, or remove the problematic ovary itself, according to Dr. Batcheller.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 11 Sep. 2017
• Researchers from the University of Bath in the U.K. have created a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at once, expressing both chirality and non-chirality.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 30 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024