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unbolted

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verb

past tense of unbolt

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of unbolted
Adjective
In May, a fisherman fell into the water and drowned after the seat on his bass boat became unbolted. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024 In a press event Thursday evening, Tesla's somewhat oddly attired Elon Musk showed how the the company's Tesla S luxury sedan could be recharged in just 90 seconds, hovering over a robotic setup in which the battery would be automatically located, unbolted, removed, and replaced. IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2023 First, the complaint alleges, one officer, Geramy Brown, moved Simon’s cellmate into an exercise cage outside and left the door to Simon’s cell unbolted. Jennifer Peebles, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023 The doors of home and church were unbolted and heavily trafficked, the church as likely to host Passover Seders as N.A.A.C.P. meetings. Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021 Once everything's unplugged and unbolted, the safest way to remove the door is to hold on tight. Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbolted
Adjective
  • The images featured Williams striking several poses while standing in knee-deep waters, wearing a yellow, one-piece swimsuit with a cutout in the center and an untied bowtie.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The guy had already unlocked his personal code for how to act and inhabit a character.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Most companies are betting that the true value of AI will be unlocked when AI agents have access to a user’s entire ecosystem—emails, calendar, messages, and documents—and can perform tasks across them seamlessly.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Glenn ripped himself for allowing his team to come undone after Hall’s fumble.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of donning a perfectly intact hairdo, Kravitz opted for the undone aesthetic; her hair was halfway trapped under the collar of her windbreaker.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Adama unfastened a padlock and loosened the chain securing the doors.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Getty floated the idea for an advisory board after realizing that music fans of his generation felt disengaged from Sweetwater and were unaware of its mission as a nonprofit arts organization.
    Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The pool of talent shrinks when young people become disengaged from education or skill-building because of emotional distress.
    Dr. Ritu Goel, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Unbolted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbolted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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