loosened

[ UK /lˈuːsənd/ ]
[ US /ˈɫusənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. straightened out
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How To Use loosened In A Sentence

  • It was only when he loosened up in the latter stages of the fourth set that he really ran away from me. Times, Sunday Times
  • It will be a mortal blow if there is a single palm missing on Monte Chiaro or if a single stone has loosened from the town wall. The Miracles of Antichrist: A Novel
  • In cases of recent wounds unattended by inflammation, it may be applied freely; but when inflammation has come on, too severe an application of the caustic induces vesication of the surrounding skin, and the edges of the eschar may in this manner also be loosened and removed. An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers
  • She had seen glances hot with wine and lust, claspings of hands, loosened cyclas, and more lascivious reclinings. The Lion's Brood
  • Congress has loosened the restrictions on immigration.
  • He, in turn, loosened his grip and moved his hands to my hips.
  • This method is meant for riding boots in which the part that is tightened and loosened is at the middle of the boot.
  • Deciding that marriage was not so important for their third daughter, the Nis had loosened the bindings and allowed Kwei-tseng’s feet to grow normally into what upper-class Chinese referred to disdainfully as “big feet.” The Last Empress
  • It was with a sense of the inevitable that I undid the ribbons, loosened the neck and let it slip down over my arms to the ground.
  • The band can be tightened or loosened by injecting or removing fluid from a balloon on its inside surface. Times, Sunday Times
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