When, roused to defence, it began to uncoil itself from its victim, knives were produced; and with many wounds, they succeeded at length in putting an end to a creature at the very sight of which man instinctively shudders.
At first these appear to be simple threads, but as they gradually open out to about four or five inches, smaller threads uncoil on each side of the line till there are about fifty on each line.
To see how long the plant would stand this sort of thing and still not be literally tired of coiling he succeeded in making the plant partially coil, and by withdrawing the incentive uncoil again, over twenty times in fifty-four hours.
And the hopelessness of their ever meeting is increased as the maturing female begins slowly to uncoil the fine stalk upon which it grows.
Ferns, at least most of those that grow in America, uncoil their leaves in this way, almost without exception.
Presently we had to uncoil our spare 100 feet of rope, and now our progress grew slower and slower.
I of course at once told him to uncoil it, and get on to the arete, from which he was not more than fifteen feet distant.
This made it uncoil its tail; then he followed up the attack by a second blow.
When you scoop water with your paw you uncoil it with a Hedgehog,' said Stickly-Prickly.
Perhaps she said that when you uncoil a Tortoise you must shell him out of the water with a scoop, and when you paw a Hedgehog you must drop him on the shell.
On the other hand, if you think she said that you were to uncoil me with a scoop, instead of pawing me into drops with a shell, I can't help that, can I?
Through the haunted chambers of Tristan's mind fantastic forms began to chase each other, evil things to uncoil themselves and raise their heads.
Perhaps she said that when you uncoil a Tortoise you must shell him out the water with a scoop, and when you paw a Hedgehog you must drop him on the shell.
As soon as the spore is discharged from its case, four threads are seen to uncoil themselves from around it, and by their elasticity to cause the spore to jump about as if alive.
I managed, however, to retain my nerve, and gave the order to the helper to try and uncoil the serpent, which with great difficulty and my assistance he at last managed to do.
The keepers fetched me, and I at once attempted to uncoil them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "uncoil" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: clarify; disentangle; ravel; roll; uncoil; unfold; unfurl; unravel; unroll; untangle; untwist; unwind
