UNTIE in a Sentence
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33 example sentences for UNTIE, such as:
1. Courfeyrac untied his cravat and with it bandaged Marius' brow.
2. The stranger took up the bundle which he had brought and untied it.
3. Occasionally her chemise, which was untied and torn, fell almost to her waist.
4. Milady, during the passage had contrived to untie the cord which fastened her feet.
5. After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
2. The stranger took up the bundle which he had brought and untied it.
3. Occasionally her chemise, which was untied and torn, fell almost to her waist.
4. Milady, during the passage had contrived to untie the cord which fastened her feet.
5. After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
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Meanings and Examples of UNTIE
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untie
v. undo the ties of
v. cause to become loose
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 I got up and tried to untie her, but I was so excited my hands shook so I couldn't hardly do anything with them.
2 Every time he was going to untie his sledge, the person nodded to him, and then Kay sat quiet; and so on they went till they came outside the gates of the town.
3 She conducted me to her own chair, and then began to remove my shawl and untie my bonnet-strings; I begged she would not give herself so much trouble.
4 The master horse ordered a sorrel nag, one of his servants, to untie the largest of these animals, and take him into the yard.
5 The pained animal's voice rasped on Scarlett's nerves until she was tempted to stop and untie the beast.
6 Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we.
7 Milady, during the passage had contrived to untie the cord which fastened her feet.
8 The stranger took up the bundle which he had brought and untied it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
9 Occasionally her chemise, which was untied and torn, fell almost to her waist.
10 Courfeyrac untied his cravat and with it bandaged Marius' brow.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—MORTUUS PATER FILIUM MORITURUM EXPECTAT
11 When Jean Valjean was left alone with Javert, he untied the rope which fastened the prisoner across the middle of the body, and the knot of which was under the table.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—JEAN VALJEAN TAKES HIS REVENGE
12 Jean Valjean untied the black cravat which supported his right arm, unrolled the linen from around his hand, bared his thumb and showed it to Marius.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
13 While the boat was advancing with all the speed its four rowers could give it, Felton untied the cord and then the handkerchief which bound Milady's hands together.
14 She saw their sashes untied, their hair pulled about their ears, their work-bags searched, and their knives and scissors stolen away, and felt no doubt of its being a reciprocal enjoyment.
15 They sat me down in a chair, untied my neck-cloth, and brought me some water.
Example Sentence:
1 After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.