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Example sentences for "unpicking"

Lexicographically close words:
unperturbed; unperverted; unphilosophic; unphilosophical; unpick; unpicturesque; unpierced; unpigmented; unpinned; unpitied
  1. Even this would not do, and recourse was had to the common but disgraceful practice of unpicking the crown, for the purpose of sending the jewels to the pawnbroker's.

  2. Theo sat by herself, unpicking a coloured lining from a black grenadine dress, with an expression of tragic despair.

  3. Miss Betty Cockermuth sat near one of them in the parlour, spectacles on nose, and hard at work unpicking the braid off some very old woollen curtains, green once, but now faded to a sort of dingy brown.

  4. It was the unpicking some blue ribbons from a white body of Lena's.

  5. For a very short space of time the merino was being disposed of to an advantage; Dolly seating herself in her chair again to renovate the skirt; Aimée unpicking the bodice, and Mollie looking on with occasional comments.

  6. If she would not do any more unpicking when she returned, she must be made to put things straight.


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