Unloose

If there is a vulture whose claws are hard to unloose from the vitals of the spirit, I think it is jealousy. ❋ Unknown (1869)

The tail hairs are well-rooted, so it takes as many as a dozen firm tugs to unloose them. ❋ Stephanie Simon (2011)

She oozes over the crunk fireworks display that is "Ribbon" (my personal favorite), "You make me feel so unloose." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Baxter makes an acute connection between meanness and the raw pleasure it can unloose. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

If they would just unloose her ankles, perhaps she could make a run for it. ❋ KAREN ROBARDS (2010)

Any other solution may unloose forces that would complicate prospects of international order.71 ❋ Gideon Rose (2010)

“It is unbelievable what happens when you unloose fear,” he said. ❋ Tony Schwartz (2010)

He has, until this point, been so softly spoken, so benign-looking with his white hair and white beard, that it's easy to forget the power he's able to unloose onstage. ❋ Carole Cadwalladr (2010)

He tried to put his hands on her breasts but could not easily unloose her brassiere; he put his hand on her back and concentrated on kissing her fiercely. ❋ Colm Tóibín (2009)

I dont think these straps are right, she said and motioned to Eilis to put her arms through them and unloose them. ❋ Colm Tóibín (2009)

Not only that, but unloosen is actually a perfectly good, old verb; so is unloose, which turns up in Shakespeare and Sheridan and Shelley. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is the Linchpin that would unloose the entire torrent of shocking and awful truth about our government, and who really "OWNS" us. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A woman who walks bare-headed through the streets of most Islamic countries would be considered sinful, but before we shake our heads, consider Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter," in which the sinful heroine, Hester Prynne, must run into the forest to take off her cap and unloose her hair in the sun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Mr. Johnson]: Eddie, did you manage to turn in your essay to my inbox? Eddie: No, I didn't have time to write it. Mr. Johnson: That's not very good Eddie. Okay... Kurt, did you [turn it in]? Kurt: Yeah, [just a minute ago]. Mr. Johnson: Great! That is unloose, Kurt. ❋ Kurt Wiseman (2007)