How to Use unstick in a Sentence

unstick

verb
  • No one was in the front or even knew how to unstick the pedal.
    — David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
  • These acids unstick the glue holding on to your dead skin cells.
    — Bre Richey, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Boeing teams working this week were able to unstick all but four.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In theory, a flood of supply of new homes would help unstick the market.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 27 June 2024
  • And is there anyone willing to reach down their hand to unstick a garbage disposal?
    — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Not having to unstick mower blades coated with grass and dirt after more than half a year in the garage is a bonus.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2023
  • Not having to unstick mower blades coated with grass and dirt after more than half a year in the garage is a bonus.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2023
  • If bowls have been stacked on a shelf for a time and are stuck together, here’s how to unstick them without causing damage.
    — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Maybe the dealer thinks the float is stuck and by filling the tank frequently Mary might somehow help unstick it.
    — Ray Magliozzi, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Maybe the dealer thinks the float is stuck, and by filling the tank frequently, Mary might somehow help unstick it.
    — Ray Magliozzi, The Seattle Times, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Of course, this is going to require a willingness to change and unstick ourselves from previous ways of working.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Getting soaked would unstick their feet, but geckos are able to prevent this in damp conditions by quickly shedding water drops from their soles.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012
  • Even though the team was able to unstick most of the valves, Vollmer said the team had to make the decision to bring the spacecraft back and get to the root of the problem.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The Playlist is for those who are in need of healing or desire to unstick themselves from negative situations.
    — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The video initially shows a cow (that eventually reached safety) struggling to unstick its legs from fast-moving mud and water.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Beyond that, keeping your blood flowing and exercising your limbs’ full range of motion can unstick any tissues in your arm that are over-compressed.
    — Hannah Seo, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Voodoo is an ambitious record that seeks nothing less than to unstick black music from commercial considerations and leave it free to seek its muse.
    — Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • If your botanicals have the consistency of tissue paper and feel dry, carefully pull and stretch the bottom liner to unstick them.
    — Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • That reframing exercise is a really powerful one to be able to unstick yourself and then to be able to move forward in a new direction.
    — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The video clip shows that the driver gets about halfway through the line before needing to reverse and unstick a pesky motorcycle before charging back down to finish the job.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 22 June 2022
  • Everyone blamed everyone else for the incident, but the fragile glue that had held public order together began to unstick.
    — Nan Randall, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The gecko’s thousands of points of contact on each toe create a weak electromagnetic connection to the surface, allowing the animal to stick and unstick its feet with ease.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2015
  • The gecko’s thousands of points of contact create a weak electromagnetic connection to the surface, allowing the animal to stick and unstick its feet with ease.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2014
  • The mere anticipation of the Fed programs has helped to unstick corporate credit, which had ground to a halt amid shutdowns and financial market tumult.
    — New York Times, 4 May 2020
  • An agreement could unstick the logjam surrounding the rights of EU citizens which is slowing the divorce talks and risks delaying the trade deal May wants.
    — Tim Ross, Bloomberg.com, 31 July 2017
  • The guy who couldn’t unstick his Elvis accent after playing the king of rock and roll in Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant 2022 biopic?
    — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The scientists didn't work with any real-life arachnids while designing their tech, instead drawing inspiration from a beetle species in Florida that can stick and unstick from leaves at will.
    — Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2010
  • The bed jostles, a noiseless vibration, as heart monitors unstick themselves from her chest and retreat into the EKG monitor.
    — Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Hochul pledged quick action to unstick an application bottleneck that has kept federal aid money from flowing to renters who suffered financially because of the pandemic.
    — Fox News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Hochul also pledged quick action to unstick an application bottleneck that has kept federal aid money from flowing to renters who suffered financially because of the pandemic.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021

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