Examples of loosen up in a Sentence
hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street
a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends
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Skarsgård explained that the same thing was applied to his facial expressions, to assure that the character loosened up over the course of the film.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
There’s room for a career time traveler like Styles to loosen up both structurally and lyrically.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
In a modified approach, Boston Dynamics has clearly decided to loosen up some of the restrictions of the human form.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
There’s room for a career time traveler like Styles to loosen up both structurally and lyrically.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
Let your guard down and loosen up a bit!
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
In a modified approach, Boston Dynamics has clearly decided to loosen up some of the restrictions of the human form.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 7 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for loosen up
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“Loosen up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loosen%20up. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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