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- verb Present participle of
unstick . - noun The act of removing something that was
stuck
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Examples
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“Hi,” he said, the word unsticking from his throat.
Heart vs. Head vic fortezza 2011
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“Hi,” he said, the word unsticking from his throat.
Heart vs. Head vic fortezza 2011
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And, you know, the Internet kind of unsticking itself from the computer on your desk top, moving around you.
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And, you know, the Internet kind of unsticking itself from the computer on your desk top, moving around you.
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And, you know, the Internet kind of unsticking itself from the computer on your desk top, moving around you.
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The non-reflexive form can be used to mean "unsticking" as in removing a label from a bottle or separating things that have been stuck together.
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It was so hard to get my body to move, like unsticking burnt fudge from the bottom of a pan, but I forced my hand to reach out and take it.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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Use your color for that day as a method for unsticking yourself and helping you speak with your authentic voice.
Get Wild – How to Set Your Creative Beast Free | Write to Done 2010
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It was so hard to get my body to move, like unsticking burnt fudge from the bottom of a pan, but I forced my hand to reach out and take it.
The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011
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I'm not really a teacher, although I do offer two writing "workshops" a few times/year that focus on brainstorming new material and unsticking stuck places in existing material.
Chaos Theory 2008
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