Loosened

Examples

• The ice in the can is then loosened by warm water, and the block dumped through the door into a chute, whence it passes into the storage room below, seen in Fig. 298. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Morning broke; and the old woman saw the corpse, marked with the fatal disease, close to her; her wrist was livid with the hold loosened by death. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• As Miss Abbey helped her to turn her chair, her loosened bonnet dropped on the floor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He was taking off my shawl in the hall, and shaking the water out of my loosened hair, when Mrs. Fairfax emerged from her room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The soft hair whose locks were loosened she rearranged, the damp brow she refreshed with a cool, fragrant essence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My tongue was loosened at that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I was conscious of a dull pain, my grip loosened, and I fell into the garden below. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Great effects may spring from trivial causes, she remarked, as she loosened a bracelet from her wrist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The first rake of his razor loosened the very hide from my face and lifted me out of the chair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• All the exquisite influences of the hour trembled in their veins, and drew them to each other as the loosened leaves were drawn to the earth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She loosened her furs and settled herself in Gerty's easy-chair, while her friend busied herself with the tea-cups. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• One of the locks of her chignon had become loosened and hung on her neck; she looked haggard and almost old. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The duties which they perform are to loosen the earth, destroy the weeds, and throw the loosened earth around the growing plant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• When the strings are tightened, the pitch rises; when the strings are loosened, the pitch falls. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It wouldn't have loosened the knot, or kept the drop up, a minute longer. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I suppose there's no need to, in heaven, she said, straightening her loosened braids with a laugh, and bending over the tea-kettle. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• An agony of pity and fear for Walter loosened my tongue, and I implored him to escape. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The earth round the spike had been left on the table, and a second sample was loosened and fell in the bedroom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• My dear, says Mr. Snagsby when his tongue is loosened, will you take anything? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was changed; the tight-drawn cord that sounded so harshly was loosened, the moment that Idris participated in my knowledge of our real situation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The last solution is first used, and when the dirt loosened by it has been removed the soap solution is applied. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Then she loosened the soft mass of golden hair which crowned her head. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• With those words, she in her turn loosened her friend's dark hair, and it dropped of its own weight over her bosom, in two rich masses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The ties would then be placed in piles, and the rails, as they were loosened, would be carried and put across these log heaps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr Boffin, seeming to become convinced that this was a fit, rolled his eyes and loosened his neckcloth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She loosened her hold. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A mass loosened. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I struck at the skylight, and battered in the cracked, loosened glass at a blow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Let them remember what London had been when he arrived: the panic that prevailed brought famine, while every moral and legal tie was loosened. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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