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  • verb Present participle of unthread.

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Examples

  • “As-salatu khairum minannaum,” he murmured, unthreading himself from around me and sticking each leg into his gray flannel pajama pants.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • “As-salatu khairum minannaum,” he murmured, unthreading himself from around me and sticking each leg into his gray flannel pajama pants.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Yes, you can let them use a desktop client via IMAP but surely an unthreading option is not that hard.

    Gmail getting there but still needs unthread « Squash 2008

  • “As-salatu khairum minannaum,” he murmured, unthreading himself from around me and sticking each leg into his gray flannel pajama pants.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • Yes, you can let them use a desktop client via IMAP but surely an unthreading option is not that hard.

    2008 November « Squash 2008

  • Nicephorus Briennius was under the necessity of “unthreading the rude eye of rebellion,” and throwing such lights as were in his power upon the progress of the conspiracy.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Jack loosed the crisscrossing riband of satin, unthreading it, then peeling down the delicate material so she could shift free of it.

    SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992

  • Thread can be knotted into the eye of the needle if for any reason it is required to be quite safe from accidental unthreading.

    Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie

  • Life, in such a case, may not offer a field of sufficient extent for unthreading the fatal links that have been wound about the machinery of health and have crippled its natural play.

    The Opium Habit Horace B. Day

  • And now, having too long detained you with my vagaries, let me say "good night," for it is getting dark, and before midnight I must patrol the keyboard for at least four hours, unthreading the digital intricacies of

    Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques James Huneker 1890

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