loosening

[ UK /lˈuːsənɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫusənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening
    the relaxation of requirements
    the slackening of the wind
    the loosening of his grip
  2. the act of making something less tight
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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.
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