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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unwind .
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Examples
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"And certainly, many of us believe that one way that this can come unwound is through sectarian violence."
Mullen 'extremely concerned' over eruption of violence in Iraq 2009
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He worked a thousand looms himself, and ever they speeded up, faster and faster, and his brain unwound, faster and faster, and became the thread that fed the thousand flying shuttles.
THE APOSTATE 2010
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He worked a thousand looms himself, and ever they speeded up, faster and faster, and his brain unwound, faster and faster, and became the thread that fed the thousand flying shuttles.
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The blanket was removed and a blood-sodden strip of linen unwound from the German boy's right forearm, which was hanging to his shoulder by a few shreds of flesh and sinew.
Combed Out Frederick Augustus Voigt 1924
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He worked a thousand looms himself, and ever they speeded up, faster and faster, and his brain unwound, faster and faster, and became the thread that fed the thousand flying shuttles.
The Apostate 1911
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He worked a thousand looms himself, and ever they speeded, faster and faster, and his brain unwound, faster and faster, and became the thread that fed the thousand flying shuttles.
The Apostate 1906
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In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body partsharvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs and, perhaps, save their own lives.
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In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body partsharvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs and, perhaps, save their own lives.
January 2009 2009
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Still, at the center we sat for a moment and enjoyed the quiet, placed pebbles to anonymously announce our presence, and "unwound" our way out.
Rockford Register Star Home RSS Geri Nikolai 2010
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The latest rise had "unwound" much of the drop in unemployment seen in the previous March quarter and indicated a period of "volatility" in the labour market, Government statistician
Hawke's Bay Today 2010
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