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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Let your guard down and loosen up a bit.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
The Met show could loosen up Krasner’s market.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
But overall, the dutiful Queen seemed to loosen up in the more casual America.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
Dig a hole that’s four times the diameter and three times as deep as the nursery container to loosen up the soil.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
The Met show could loosen up Krasner’s market.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
But overall, the dutiful Queen seemed to loosen up in the more casual America.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026
Dig a hole that’s four times the diameter and three times as deep as the nursery container to loosen up the soil.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2026.
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