How to Use uncap in a Sentence

uncap

verb
  • Leela uncapped her bottle and looked me over, taking her time.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 5 May 2020
  • Jimmy uncaps his water bottle and takes a long swig of his own urine.
    — Kat Rosenfield, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
  • The drawdown uncaps the springs by lifting the weight of the reservoir off them.
    — David Bauerlein, Florida Times-Union, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Many of these exemptions are uncapped in terms of their dollar amounts or time limit.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Colbert quipped, uncapping a pen and taking notes.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Fifteen players—half the squad, is uncapped at the senior level.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The suspect pulled out a bottle, uncapped it and threw a substance on his face, Villalaz said.
    — Fox News, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Amid the stacks of others’ errors, uncapping my red pen gave me a jolt of ego, as if my worth could only be seen in contrast.
    — Adriane Quinlan, The Cut, 25 June 2018
  • His last fare of the night hops in without contacting him through the app, then ominously uncaps a syringe.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But while a lot of people love to uncap the plum lipstick once the air goes crisp, not a lot of people know what vamp actually means.
    — Marlen Komar, Allure, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Seated at the front of the courtroom, Hassenplug zipped open his leather binder and uncapped his fountain pen.
    — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Much of the focus has been boosting the state film tax credit, even uncapping it, as a way to compete with other states and countries.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 June 2026
  • Roster sizes would be uncapped next year, which will increase the number of athletic scholarships.
    — Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • After a sale, the cap is uncapped the year following an ownership transfer of a property.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The shootings have uncapped a wave of vigilante violence against other rape suspects.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Douglas, however, is uncapped at senior level, and this is where City's problems lie.
    — SI.com, 28 June 2019
  • These pungent, crisp pickles, adapted slightly from Jenn Segal’s recipe, are ready to uncap and eat in a day.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2023
  • When a mess does occur, simply uncap the device, and apply firm pressure to the tip to release the formula onto the stain.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2025
  • When a mess does occur, simply uncap the device, and apply firm pressure to the tip to release the formula onto the stain.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Freya Godfrey Was forced to withdraw from the latest squad due to injury, and is uncapped at senior level.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Supercharged Slam no longer has uncapped radius for aftershocks, capped to 3 meters.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Seattle couldn’t get the equalizer in stoppage time, uncapping a celebration by fans in red to support the Thorns.
    — Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 26 Aug. 2017
  • Justin Bieber did it a few days ago, shirtless and tattooed in low slung shorts and boxers, casually but powerfully uncapping the top with a swift kick.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 9 July 2019
  • The president uncapped his pen, preparing to sign an executive order to protect mature and old-growth forests on federal lands.
    — April Ehrlich, ProPublica, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Yet, even as extreme heat dries up more aquifers and wells and leaves more people thirsty, luxury water has become fashionable among the world’s privileged, who uncap and taste it like fine wine.
    — Martha Irvine and Dar Yasin, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The regulations also allow uncapped short-term rentals in certain commercial districts.
    — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The state Senate’s top leader has continued to express reservations about uncapping the program.
    — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Matt Freese, uncapped before the pre-Gold Cup friendlies this past summer, has started nine of those, including the past eight in succession.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So instead of going from $10,000 to some other number, it would be uncapped after 2025.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Carey’s attempt at the challenge was much more successful than that of Blake Shelton, who tried and failed in a funny Twitter video to uncap his bottle of vodka last week.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2019

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