How to Use unstuck in a Sentence

unstuck

adjective
  • We couldn't get the steering wheel unstuck.
  • But what often gets people unstuck is not wanting to be mad anymore.
    — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Going against the worst defense in the league, the 49ers’ offense couldn’t get unstuck.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • This is stuck in Congress for months and shows little sign of getting unstuck anytime soon.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 June 2022
  • Bechdel appears unstuck from time—and from the parts of her personality that often stymie her.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
  • The Dali was finally unstuck on Monday from a giant piece of bridge that fell on the ship’s bow.
    — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 May 2024
  • Austin Powers and Lana Del Rey are both swinging lovers unstuck from time.
    — Vulture, 11 Jan. 2023
  • By my count this is now the fourth case of a professional racing driver coming unstuck online.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 26 May 2020
  • But even a small move toward something a little better and a little brighter can get you that much closer to being unstuck.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • My approach helps people make an impact and finally become unstuck.
    — Katie Sandler, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2021
  • And this is where a deal between Volvo spinoff Polestar and rental giant Hertz has come somewhat unstuck.
    — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The roots are the family’s twisty history and the mud represents how its members can’t get unstuck from the pain and secrets of their past.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • Today, the Earth is thoroughly unstuck and days are getting longer—albeit at mind-numbingly slow rates.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2023
  • Just like naming the source of your anxiety, changing your inner narrative from fear-based to fact-based can help your brain get unstuck from fight-or-flight mode.
    — Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, SELF, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Henry is unstuck in history, vanishing from linear time to pop up at moments of key importance.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 May 2022
  • Then, on the heels of several corruption scandals, the mighty party — 140 years old next year — came unstuck.
    — Samanth Subramanian Vikas Adam Tanya Pérez Zachary Mouton, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Body bags were being zipped and unzipped, causing the temperature to fluctuate in the tropical heat; name tags came unstuck and were lost.
    — Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The way their professor and director gets them thrillingly unstuck is a tribute to her, to them and to the regenerative power of art.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 July 2021
  • The idea had been to peel back a few layers, behold unfamiliar vistas, and generally become unstuck in our perceptions.
    — WIRED, 29 June 2023
  • Given how much the raccoon was struggling to become unstuck and its thick fur likely rising its body temperature, Dymtryk said the animal could have died.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 May 2022
  • Replace mandatory self-talk such as have to or must with empowering words such as get to or want to in order to enhance the chances of getting unstuck from the procrastination.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • And in time, America’s demography and its political coalitions could change in ways that might help our politics come unstuck.
    — Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Again and again, people in the archive would work to get unstuck from their ontological uncertainty only to get stuck again by other, more systemic obstacles.
    — Photographs By Ashley Gilbertson, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Earlier this year, researchers demonstrated that the Thwaites’ eastern ice sheet is becoming unstuck from its mountaintop brace.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Rudi Riekstins, a business mindset coach helping people get unstuck and aligned with their purpose agrees, adding that emotional intelligence starts at the top.
    — Ashira Prossack, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Her newest book is for those who feel like something is missing in life, are desperate for change, and want to get unstuck to experience joy, vulnerability, and self-knowledge.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Apr. 2025
  • What seemed like a safe bet quickly came unstuck, as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates aggressively to tame inflation.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Her case came unstuck when a photo published in the newspaper almost a year after her accident showed Grabska winning a Christmas tree throwing contest.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Once the inner portion of the plate has moved enough to force the edges to overcome the friction holding them together to become unstuck, that stored energy radiates away in waves rippling through the Earth’s rocky surface.
    — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2020
  • For example, one of our clients found that their culture became unstuck when the AI activities in some departments harmed collaboration, one of the firm’s core values.
    — London School Of Economics, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

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