extricating

present participle of extricate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for extricating
Verb
  • Follow what feels fun and freeing, not forced.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Thuram drags Tchouameni into the space on the left and Koopmeiners runs towards Cambiaso, freeing up Yildiz to receive in space.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Officers performed life-saving measures on Green before he was pronounced dead on location, Hoskin said.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Tyrod Taylor’s not saving the season anymore than Quinn Ewers is saving the show in Miami.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Detouring into satire would give that notion some pause and would give my writing some wings, liberating me from self-consciousness and untethering me from reality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But liberating humans from work would also mean liberating them from their paychecks.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Concentrate on rescuing the remaining green leaves and getting the plant healthy.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Whether the Monster is part of Ana’s imagination or not, the scene carries a fragile, haunting power, suggesting that the only person capable of rescuing Ana from the pervasive mystery and misery of her home life belongs to the supernatural, outside the punishing borders of Franco’s Spain.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Those could show up as working too much, playing too many video games, shutting down, disengaging from their partners.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Beware of when disengaging or limiting interactions is necessary for your own safety and well-being.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Our narrator, a gay, happily married father of two disentangling himself from a poly love affair, is—depending on the light—brilliant, self-mythologizing, abject, hopeful, and vulnerable.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Brittany Luse is joined by writer and journalist Ana Marie Cox to get into how people are disentangling alcohol from their lives, and the lessons she's learned as a recovering alcoholic.
    Veralyn Williams, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Extricating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extricating. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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