unfurling

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
Washington - The final solar panel at the space station began unfurling, as planned, on Friday, the final event in the years - long expansion of the energy capacity of the orbiter.

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Set her wits whirling giddily, artfully pleasured as they'd never been So this was sensual delight At last Her body responded, unfurling, or so it seemed, like a rosebud beneath the sun. —  Stephanie Laurens - A Fine Passion
  • Like a great flower unfurling, the thousands of cubic yards of the balloon spread out across the sky, scooping p the thin gas until it was fully inflated. —  A Meeting with Medusa
  • Lily pads were unfurling, spreading across the obsidian surface. —  A Gentleman's Honor
  • Like a shadow unfurling, for a moment my Speck self had seized my tongue and spoken to her. —  forestmage
  • But without conscious effort she found her small fists unfurling, her palms flat against his broad chest, and the heady warmth of him sent rivers of sensation skittering through her body, paralysing her. —  TheKouvarisMarriage
More examples »
 

Tags

unfurling hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 16 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word several times a year.

Recently looked up

cumulate · impenetrable · humanrights · Twitter's · knife

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

rimshot · qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies