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Example sentences for "unpick"

Lexicographically close words:
unperplexed; unperturbed; unperverted; unphilosophic; unphilosophical; unpicking; unpicturesque; unpierced; unpigmented; unpinned
  1. I am going to unpick those tucks, and line them softly with cotton wool, and lay the francs in the cotton wool.

  2. I will not touch my pretty work any more on Sunday; and to-morrow, as soon as I get up, I will unpick every stitch of what I have been sewing to-day.

  3. It will be remembered that Dora had resolved to unpick all the work that she had sewn upon the preceding Sunday.

  4. This is what she said, and we assented; whereupon we could see her working upon her great web all day long, but at night she would unpick the stitches again by torchlight.

  5. This was what she said, and we assented; whereon we could see her working on her great web all day long, but at night she would unpick the stitches again by torchlight.

  6. This was what I said, and they assented; whereon I used to keep working at my great web all day long, but at night I would unpick the stitches again by torch light.

  7. Now then, first to wash my 'ands, and then to unpick the feather-stitching poor Ally did to-day.

  8. I'll unpick it to-night when she is in bed.

  9. Unpick the sewing of the head-piece, till two, three, or more of the top rounds are taken off, so as to bring it to the size required.

  10. Unpick the dress, put it into a tub and cover it with cold water; let it remain an hour; dip it up and down, but do not wring it; hang it up to drain.

  11. Undo the chain stitches along the front, cut the sole part in a line with the front, unpick the threads to get an even line of stitches, pick these up on a needle, and knit the toe piece exactly like the first one.

  12. In this case, unpick the cuffs if possible, if not, cut them off close up.


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