How to Use loosen up in a Sentence

loosen up

verb
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Come on, kids, loosen up and have some fun!
    — Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The tip, of course, matters, but the rules loosen up.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Unroll your mat, grab your props, and get ready to loosen up.
    — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
  • His right knee, with a torn meniscus, just wouldn’t loosen up.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 19 May 2021
  • This helps loosen up anything smelly that might be stuck to the blades.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
  • This helps loosen up anything smelly that might be stuck to the blades.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This helps loosen up anything smelly that might be stuck to the blades.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Don’t hesitate to let your hair down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Pick up any grime the steam loosened up and wipe down the tiles as well as the grout.
    — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 18 May 2026
  • Add some acid, and things start to loosen up in the resulting cheese.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
  • And make sure your other guests can loosen up enough to join in with good humor.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Give yourself permission to let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, Margaret doesn't truly loosen up in just a few short days.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
  • Maybe things loosen up closer to training camp with prices going down.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Instead, the fabric is more stiff, but does loosen up a bit in water.
    — Courtney Leiva, Peoplemag, 10 June 2023
  • If your plant is in a plastic container, squeeze the sides to loosen up the dirt.
    — Rosa Cartagena, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022

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