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Recent Examples of unfasten On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline. Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025 Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner. Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt. Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024 This paper proposes a spherical tether handling device that unfastens a robot’s tether during surveys by releasing the tether and carrying it aside. Erico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2016 See All Example Sentences for unfasten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfasten
Verb
  • Meanwhile, back in their residence, his wife was able to untie herself and notify authorities.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Like every other relationship, friendships evolve, connections fade, ties untie and re-tie.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The commonwealth has been without an operational freestanding birthing center since the 1980s, said Mary Kathryn DeLodder, director of the Kentucky Birth Coalition — a grassroots organization that led the charge in advocating for legislation loosening regulations for the facilities.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That's because the city has a history of shifting on this issue, from when pursuits were restricted following bystander deaths, and then loosened in response to carjackings and reckless driving in the city.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The family now fears that the promise may be undone.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • His tale has become a proverb for any outdoor fanatic who, despite all of the proper planning and preparation, is undone by forces more powerful than him or herself.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But for Buddhists, dying is an opportunity to unbind from the past and start again.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.
    Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023

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“Unfasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfasten. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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