Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloosen
Verb
  • That stance loosened about 15 years ago, primarily in baseball.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Steam loosens any dirt on the floor, even working up sticky residue.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Some thunderstorms turned severe and unleashed damaging winds as the rain came gushing down Thursday.
    Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, others who consider the image of Kelly see something else: freedom, power, a call to arms to keep unleashing the sports bra to the world.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But in 2010, Bernanke proposed something much more far-reaching: an initiative to disburse interest-free loans to major banks to unloose new tranches of cash throughout the economy.
    Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2022
  • In a long, cozy sequence in the season’s first episode, Sam cooks breakfast for her sleeping household, sizzling sausage and frying eggs in a private ritual that’s best appreciated before her daughters rise and unloose chaos.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020
Verb
  • McFarland previously pleaded guilty to fraud charges related to the disastrous first Fyre Festival and was released from prison in 2022 after serving less than four years.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Of the 83 songs featured on these seven albums, 74 have never been released in any form.
    Justin Porter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Unloosen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloosen. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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