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UK
/lˈuːsənɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɫusənɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫusənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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an occurrence of control or strength weakening
the relaxation of requirements
the slackening of the wind
the loosening of his grip - the act of making something less tight
How To Use loosening In A Sentence
- Better to wait until bubbles burst and manage the consequences, softening the economic blow by loosening monetary policy very quickly.
- But, more likely, he has decided it is less of a PR risk to leave a journalist eating a solitary crab pasty in the drizzle than to be trapped alone with her and - God forbid - a tongue-loosening bottle of wine.
- Proper torquing avoids elastic separation of the mating parts under load and resists gradual loosening over time.
- Subsequent work helped to hasten the loosening of government control over broadcasting. Times, Sunday Times
- There's almost no national ailment that he feels can't be solved, or at least distracted from, by taking off his suit jacket, loosening his tie and suggesting a good old-fashioned knees-up. You're the prime minister, Cameron. Please stop behaving like the David Brent of British politics | Sam Delaney
- An audible hissing pop accompanied the loosening of the last bolt, and at the sight of my leprous fore-arms and the great plates of scabrous horn which have overgrown my chest, the roust-abouts screamed like a pair of God-damned fat ladies.
- Those with a materialist mindset seem quite comfortable in loosening up their evidential thresholds whenever it suits them. Are Stereochemical Explanations Causally Sufficient?
- The city's only gay nightclub, is currently loosening its entrance policy and opening up their doors to the straight public.
- the loosening of his grip
- It's a safe bet that the yob putting his dukes up has been soberly simmering all week, but in loosening his inhibitions, it has all come flooding out.