How To Use Unbent In A Sentence
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But the more I did it, the more my body relaxed and my legs became unbent.
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unbent," as Harry said, and joined in the mirth; and Janet had enough to do to reason them into quietness when bed-time came.
Janet's Love and Service
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He unbent his mind by reading detective stories.
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However, I plucked up courage, and remained on deck until half-past six, when the gaff-topsail was unbent and the top-mast struck; D----, the sailing-master, anticipating no good from the calm, and the dense fog, which had succeeded a fine wind and cheerful sunshine.
A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition
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That spoon remained unbent all through the episode.
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In her dying days the old Queen unbent a little.
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In the hands of a friendly receiver this car became a boon to the capitol contingent; its observation platform served as a shifting rostrum from which a deep-chested executive or a mellifluous Hawk often addressed admiring crowds at way stations, and its dining saloon was the moving scene of many little relaxative feasts, at which _Veuve Cliquot_ flowed freely, priceless cigars were burned, and the members of the organization unbent, each after his kind.
The Grafters
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Not a line of her face softened, not a feature unbent.
IN THE FOREST OF THE NORTH
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When the sitting was over, Polson told me that the very first proposal submitted by the president was that the ship's sails should all be unbent and taken ashore to form tents for the people to live in; and that, next, the ship should be stripped to a gantline, and her spars and rigging -- together with as much of her bulwarks as might be required -- worked up into a raft for the conveyance of cargo to the shore.
Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship
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Adrian asked me coolly as he unbent from checking if his victim was still conscious.
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The sturdiest of oaks would have bowed beneath blows that left unbent her patrician backbone.
Times, Sunday Times
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What's less known is the story of his unbent spirit and can-do rehabilitation.
Globe and Mail
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This involved cutting out a pie-shaped wedge of bone, so it was bent towards my thumb below the knuckle, and then bent the other way at my knuckle, to average out sort of unbent.
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Basil smiled, and elegantly unbent himself from the doorframe on which he had been leaning.
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Surrounded by musicians he knew and were, some of them his friends, Elgar would gradually thaw and eventually, if all went reasonably well, he unbent a little.
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When necessary, the images were computationally unbent, rescaled, and rotated.
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trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber
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By the time the sloop's deck was perpendicular, we had unbent the boom-lift from below, made it fast to the wharf, and, with the other end fast nearly to the mast-head, heaved it taut with block and tackle.
SMALL-BOAT SAILING
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The beautiful green emeralds, mined by the Salfo't in the South, were smashed and only one silver reed remained unbent.
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He unbent the metal he'd twisted around the bars to hold the cell shut and tossed it aside, opening the door to my prison.
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But she has only just started toddling, arms up, legs unbent, back down on her chubby bum at the first sign of wobble.
Here Comes the Night
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In her dying days the old Queen unbent a little.
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When we drew further from the shore, the wind increased, and the gaff-topsail was unbent, and a reef taken in the mainsail.
A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition
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She expertly took a pin out of her hair, unbent it and slowly pushed it into the key hole of the knob.
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The man slowly unbent himself, a look of disbelief on his face which was now slightly pink.
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looking for an unbent nail
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I unbent my limbs, slowly lifted the little treasure, breathed deep the pollen, and last of all – the most important part – I lifted my mismatched eyes.
Blackbird Pie « A Fly in Amber
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But it arrived eventually, in quite good condition – no markings or highlighting, cover straight and unbent, only one random sticker on the cover.
A Practical English Grammar « Books « Literacy News
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Malemute Kid's frightful concoction did its work; the men of the camps and trails unbent in its genial glow, and jest and song and tales of past adventure went round the board.
TO THE MAN ON THE TRAIL
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Where the plants were growing runners I pegged these down into potting compost with unbent paper clips and watered them.
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Kel took a deep breath and unbent her long-idle arm slowly, watching the angle of her elbow go from acute to right to obtuse in a matter of seconds.
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Weapons were lowered, bows unbent, and arrows put back in their quivers.
THE PROUD GOAT OFALOYSIUS PANKBURN
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Mark took the paperclip from her hand and unbent it.
