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Example sentences for "uncoiled"

Lexicographically close words:
unco; uncoated; uncocked; uncoffined; uncoil; uncoiling; uncoined; uncollected; uncolored; uncoloured
  1. Lucy uncoiled the rope on her saddle and haltered Sage King on the best grass near at hand.

  2. Many times Slone nervously uncoiled and recoiled his lasso.

  3. Slone uncoiled the lassoes from the pommel and slacked them a little.

  4. Bentley noticed that Barter held that whip in his hand, uncoiled and ready for action.

  5. He stepped into the room, uncoiled his whip and hurled the lash at the cage.

  6. From a big divan, smothered in cushions, a girl uncoiled herself as we entered; uncoiled is rather an unkind word to use, but it was gracefully done, and swiftly.

  7. I picked furiously at the ropes which bound my hands, and a long strand uncoiled and whipped back on my wrist.

  8. Her soft brown hair streamed over the pillow and hung down toward the floor, a heavy mass, uncoiled from the wound braids upon her neck.

  9. Bridges are thrown across rivers in a night; roads are constructed as the line advances; telegraph wires are uncoiled in the wake of the moving regiments.

  10. Wires were uncoiled as the army moved on its march toward the enemy and over them passed the hurried words that frequently saved hundreds and thousands of lives.

  11. The wretched old man fell to the ground, the serpent uncoiled from his form, and Moses taking it by the tail it became a rod again in his hand!

  12. In a moment, the serpent of Moses uncoiled himself, and fiercely seizing, one after another, the two serpents of the magicians, swallowed them.

  13. The overseer uncoiled his rope, and with the help of the planter lifted one of the boxes down to the floor.

  14. I brought this rope with me without knowing that it would be of any use to us; but I find that it is just the thing we want," continued the overseer as he uncoiled the line.

  15. The two combatants then touched wing tips in salute and flew away together, over the heads of the crowd; plunging into a doorway and disappearing as the two officers uncoiled from their "seats" and wriggled out into the corridor.

  16. Like the straightening of a twisted spring of tempered steel that long body uncoiled as they struck the floor, and up under those shielding wings--an infinitesimal fraction of a second slow in interposing--that lithe tail sped.

  17. Hardly had he passed from sight than Bat rose and, walking to his saddle, uncoiled his rope.

  18. Apparently the snake perceived and feared its approach, for it quickly uncoiled itself and began gliding away.

  19. For the stream rushed along heavily as Melchior began to wade; and he once more uncoiled and passed the rope.

  20. These wires were on a reel, and would he uncoiled as the balloon arose.

  21. I suggest a sort of rope ladder, that can be uncoiled and let down to the ground.

  22. In Nautilus the spermatophore when uncoiled is a little over 30 mm.

  23. Various more or less uncoiled forms are related to this family, viz.

  24. Walking Moose uncoiled the transparent line, placed a fat grasshopper on the hook, and cast it lightly upon the surface of the pool.

  25. By midnight our mining preparations were over; the charge was rammed into the hole, and the slow match uncoiled along the gallery showed its end outside the opening.

  26. He uncoiled a cord of the thickness of a finger, and four hundred feet long; first he dropped half of it down, then he passed it round a lava block that projected conveniently, and threw the other half down the chimney.

  27. His fingers uncoiled and revealed a thumb pressing upon the silver-plated barrel from which the leaden noses of six bullets showed as he turned it.

  28. A mass of turbaned, midnight-hued hair uncoiled and fell about the girl's white face.

  29. His hands coiled and uncoiled like claws.

  30. Then, noiselessly she uncoiled her supple golden body, extending her right arm toward the knife.

  31. With an angry hiss it uncoiled itself and disappeared.

  32. Then, hiding her baby in a safe corner, she uncoiled her heavy hair and let its luxuriant black tresses fall about her like a cloak.

  33. A coil of rope, all uncoiled by the waves, was wriggling like a serpent in the black sea.

  34. Since it was thrashing about, he uncoiled a rope closely lashed to the side of a cabin and with tremendous effort succeeded in making the raft snug.

  35. The Indian uncoiled the rawhide rope from about his chest and brought it across.

  36. Charley came to a halt and uncoiled the rawhide rope which he had taken from the canoe.

  37. He gradually uncoiled himself, his voice, from being weak and husky, became comparative strong and clear.

  38. At this juncture, before Tiffles had quite uncoiled his serpentine arms from her, and while she was looking fiery indignation at him, the door was pushed open, and the three bachelors rushed in.

  39. The uncoiled threads are seen by gently pulling apart many leaves, such as those of Amaryllis, or the stalk of a Strawberry leaflet.

  40. This is as delicate and as strong as spider-web: when uncoiled by pulling apart, it tears up and annihilates the cell-wall.

  41. I intended to give only a whiff of chloroform to this moth, just enough that she would allow her tongue to remain uncoiled until I could snap its fullest extent, but I could not revive her.

  42. When it was uncoiled the farthest, a cleft in the face where it fitted could be seen.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "uncoiled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.