Loosed
[lu:st]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Loose
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- Next a mad zitidar was loosed among the remaining dogs, and so it went throughout the long, hot, horrible day. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He carried the child over, and before the timid arm was loosed from his neck asked her for a kiss. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Someone has loosed the dog. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- After a silence, she loosed him, to dry her eyes and regain her strong quiet influence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But why would you return to face again the fierce banth, or whatever other form of destruction they have loosed within that awful trap? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Watch the wall at your end of the chamber, Tars Tarkas, I cautioned, it is through secret doorways in the wall that the brutes are loosed upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She could not think or feel until she had got away, till she was loosed from this position. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Each was given a dagger and then, at the far end, a pack of twelve calots, or wild dogs were loosed upon them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Who loosed it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This Foulon was at the Hotel de Ville, and might be loosed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- What I want is, to make it all hers so tight as that her hold of it can't be loosed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Reginald