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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unbend.

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Examples

  • In one scene, the young Sheik unbends a sword that his father Valentino played both parts has bent.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • You lin bend Gumbob into this shapes but he unbends immeediatelike.

    Strange rules of cat behavior #24: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • The rod unbends, propelling the line forward, and the tip then also stops abruptly.

    Add Twenty Feet to Your Cast (Spin, Fly, and Bait) 2006

  • Today sun burns, flat grass unbends, and minnows betoken the seeming return of all that was swept away.

    Peaceable Kingdom 2004

  • Today sun burns, flat grass unbends, and minnows betoken the seeming return of all that was swept away.

    Peaceable Kingdom 2004

  • Contract the muscles you are about to stretch on the back of your right leg by pulling your right heel toward your hips or by kicking your leg toward the floor as the person assisting you unbends your leg or lifts and straightens your leg toward your head.

    The Genius of Flexibility Bob Cooley 2005

  • True talk should have more body and blood, should be louder, vainer and more declaratory of the man; the true talker should not hold so steady an advantage over whom he speaks with; and that is one reason out of a score why I prefer my Purcel in his second character, when he unbends into a strain of graceful gossip, singing like the fireside kettle.

    Memories and Portraits 2005

  • Contract the muscles you are about to stretch on the back of your right leg by pulling your right heel toward your hips or by kicking your leg toward the floor as the person assisting you unbends your leg or lifts and straightens your leg toward your head.

    The Genius of Flexibility Bob Cooley 2005

  • The other inmate of the house is a beautiful and attractive terrier called “Rags,” a Skye dog, who unbends “in the bosom of his family,” but ordinarily is as imposing in his demeanour as if he, and not his master, represented the dignity of the British Empire.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • When he pities the animals, who are worth more than ourselves, their executioners, when he pities the elementary existences, the plants and trees, those exquisite creations, he unbends and pours out his heart.

    Une Vie 2003

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