How to Use uncoil in a Sentence

uncoil

verb
  • The spring began to uncoil.
  • Young helped uncoil her and stretch her out.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But Ohtani uncoiled and clubbed the ball high over the 18-foot wall in right.
    — New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Nilles paused, then uncoiled as fielders across the field started coming in.
    — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 27 May 2017
  • But to wander around and uncoil the parts of my insides that have been coiled around those boys for my entire adult life.
    — Jen McGuire, Good Housekeeping, 17 Dec. 2018
  • Denise felt a wave of relief rush through her, her muscles and emotions uncoiling all at once.
    — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Durant uncoiled that 7-foot frame and released it from an unblockable height.
    — Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Sometimes after delivering a pitch, his body will uncoil off the mound.
    — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 15 Apr. 2018
  • The nocturnal road that uncoils in front of her is made up of lanes outlined in shimmering colors.
    — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
  • With a great snap, the rope spring uncoiled, releasing its deadly energy.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2019
  • As Francis approached the wheelchairs, a dark-haired man slowly uncoiled to meet his embrace.
    — Daniel Burke, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018
  • His songs uncoil instead of taking predictable linear paths, and his writing is performed as an act of soul-searching.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 18 May 2021
  • Already those knotted neck muscles are beginning to soften and uncoil.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Italian start-up Kite gen employs the same concept but uses a giant kite rather than a glider to uncoil the tether.
    — Erik Vance, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2011
  • The episode happened at dinnertime in a neighborhood bar, part of a spasm of hatred that seems to be uncoiling in small towns and big cities across the nation — and in rising numbers.
    — Audra D.s. Burch, New York Times, 8 July 2017
  • Imagine uncoiling a condom and stuffing it up one side of your nose, then plugging the other nostril and inhaling until the long piece of latex slides into your throat.
    — Lindsey Bever, Philly.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Inflammation is for the winter, when genes uncoil in your blood and messengers send codes containing the blueprints for proteins to protect you from the harsh diseases of the cold.
    — Nick Stockton, Wired News, 12 May 2015
  • But these are also young wines, and the more ambitious among them will benefit from aging five to 10 years to allow these complexities to uncoil while mellowing the rippling acidity.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 3 May 2018
  • When Ragnarok—the Norse apocalypse—arrives, Jorganmandr will uncoil itself for a final battle with the god Thor.
    — Regina Hansen, WSJ, 24 June 2021
  • The sudden tug caused the molecular structure of the PTFE to uncoil, creating billions of microscopic air pockets that added strength and porosity.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2020
  • If one were to uncoil the long history of US engagement with Latin America, from the halls of Montezuma to the cells of CECOT, what was the most successful period?
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026

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