unwound

[ uhn-wound ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of unwind.

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How to use unwound in a sentence

  • The unwound are some citizens George Packer found and spent time with, people who symbolize this American nightmare.

  • The guarantees and bailouts the Fed put in place in 2008 and 2009 have been unwound without significant cost to the public.

  • Now the wreath is unwound and tossed on the grass, and little Jean is like anybody else once more.

  • First about thirty feet of the line were unwound and then doubled, so as to give a length of fifteen feet for the double line.

  • She unwound the turban, her hair fell in soft brown tresses all over her shoulders.

    God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
  • She hesitated, her fingers to her lips, and reluctantly unwound the braids that she wore about her forehead in a Swedish coil.

    The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
  • My watch was still unwound, and I am rigorously accustomed to wind it the last thing before going to bed, and many such details.

    Dracula | Bram Stoker

British Dictionary definitions for unwound

unwound

/ (ʌnˈwaʊnd) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of unwind

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