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Example sentences for "unwind"

Lexicographically close words:
unwieldly; unwieldy; unwilling; unwillingly; unwillingness; unwinding; unwinds; unwinking; unwinkingly; unwisdom
  1. There wasn't one of them that could unwind himself from his limb, except old Mr. Waters, who had got only a teaspoonful of the medicine, which very likely was just about the right amount.

  2. Why don't you let me fill it, and you can unwind those muscles for a while, Japanese- style or California-style or whatever.

  3. Then round about eleven, I figure to unwind that and go long sterling, just before London central figures out what's happening, shits a brick, and has to hit the market for a few hundred million pounds to steady the boat.

  4. He began to unwind his long scarf while she placed a seat for him.

  5. Endeavor to get hold of the loose end of association, and then unwind your memory ball of yarn.

  6. Theoretically, at least, it would be possible to begin with one idea in the mind of a person, and then gradually unwind his entire stock of ideas like the yarn on the ball.

  7. But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.

  8. When all the players are wound up they begin to unwind, saying, "Unwind the Watch.

  9. Every now and then he would stop the unwinding, and pray with a fervour quite remarkable, then unwind his cord again, and so on till the whole was undone.

  10. The paper immediately begins to unwind of itself and to fall very regularly and without intermission to the right.

  11. It is this roller which is moved by gearing that causes the film to unwind in a continuous manner, and thug prepares it for the eccentric rod, D, which pulls upon a portion of the film already unwound, but does not screen it.

  12. By little and little the water fell away, so that in ten year after that, a second knot was made, and you must unwind so much rope, or the bucket swung tight and empty at the end.

  13. The single gentleman, however, was not in the slightest degree affected by this circumstance, but proceeded with perfect composure to unwind the shawl which was tied round his neck, and then to pull off his boots.

  14. I do beseech thee, by all the inborn gentleness of womanhood, unwind the Mystic Spell!

  15. Past-time clairvoyance is frequently induced by means of psychometry, in which the clairvoyant is able to have "the loose end" to unwind the ball of time.

  16. In short, the object is merely the loose end of the psychic ball of twine which the psychometrist proceeds to wind or unwind at will.

  17. When they have been removed, the mainspring will unwind rapidly.

  18. I'll be with him in a minute," he replied, as he threw off his capote and proceeded to unwind himself as quickly as his multitudinous haps would permit.

  19. Peter began to unwind the fragrant weed off a coil of most appalling size and thickness which looked like a snake of endless length.

  20. The winding of the clock usually leads to such disorder that it is next to impossible to unwind it without breaking the line of boys.

  21. Gracious lord, Stand for your own, unwind your bloody flag, Look back into your mighty ancestors.

  22. Therefore, as you unwind her love from him, Lest it should ravel and be good to none, You must provide to bottom it on me; Which must be done by praising me as much As you in worth dispraise Sir Valentine.

  23. At the same time we may suppose that an image twist, starting also from the zinc, runs through the fluid of the battery and then along the wire, till meeting the twist the two mutually unwind each other.

  24. Twist and image twist, starting from this point, unwind each other on the opposite part of the loop.

  25. But when they unwind each other there is no more tension of the particles.

  26. Then with swift, accustomed fingers she unlaced the leather-boots, and set to work to unwind a bandage.

  27. He didn't like the bandages, and every night after I'd rugged him up and left him, Billy'd take and unwind the lot.

  28. And before the screw can unwind at all, a safety-pin must be withdrawn at the moment of firing.

  29. Unwind your arms, I say, and be obedient unto death.

  30. Unwind carefully until you find a continuous end.

  31. When you take up the meat, unwind the string carefully, so as not to unroll it.

  32. When the lace has become entirely dry, take out all the threads, unwind it, and wear it without starching.

  33. To-night, when the guards are asleep, we will unwind it and see what it contains.

  34. And while you are doing that I will unwind the ball that Toulan brought us, and which certainly contains something heavy," said the princess.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unwind" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    clarify; disentangle; ease; ravel; relax; rest; roll; slack; slacken; unbend; uncoil; unfold; unfurl; unravel; unroll; untangle; untwist; unwind