Among the Pidhireanes, a Ruthenian people on the hem of the Carpathians, when a widow wishes to marry again soon, she unties the knots on her dead husband's grave-clothes before the coffin is shut down on him.
For a similar reason, no doubt, among the same people a priest ties up the limbs of a pregnant woman with grass and then unties the knots, saying, "I will now open you.
Then he unties whatever is tied in the house or its vicinity.
With what care, what delicacy, what respect, what love, he unties the cord with his white and pure hands!
But time is so fertile in good advice, and sometimes unties knots so easily that would have defied a sword, that I await its solution in patience.
If a sailor unties one knot, he has a fair wind; when he unties the second, it blows hard; but if the third and fourth are loosened, then comes a storm which will root up whole forests.
It is delivered to the farmer's wife, whounties it and gives drink-money in return.
Number 1 unties Number 2's necktie, takes it off his neck and reties it in a four-in-hand knot.
But when the plotunties itself, the plight of the animals appeals to us equally and we want just as much to see them win their freedom.
Then the plot, having tied itself into a knot, unties itself as the animals return, each with the gift he promised.
When a skipper unties one knot he gets a good wind, when he unties two it blows hard, and if he undoes the third and the fourth he brings a storm about his head wild enough to blow down the forest trees.
The next child runs to the chair and unties the scarf, runs back with it to the next child and the game continues.
He runs to the chair, unties the scarf and returns with it to the child sitting back of him.
Fumbling beneath the seats for some minutes, he draws forth a little bag, carefully unties it, and presents his favourite violin.
He alsounties the scarf that binds her hands, and she now stands before him with her face veiled.
He quicklyunties the cuffei and removes it from her head.
Mohammed unties the silken scarf that binds Butheita's feet, and assists her to stand up.
She unwinds the shawl from her delicate waist, slips it around his body, and binds him securely to the palanquin; she then unties the knot binding the cloth that envelops his head and passes over his mouth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unties" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
