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unclenched

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verb

past tense of unclench
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclenched
Adjective
  • The backstory Rosewood Amsterdam has serious history, hence my initial surprise at just how unbuttoned the hotel is.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Underneath the unbuttoned blazer, the star wore a black leather bra.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the fifth, Eldridge unfurled his first truly impactful swing of the season with his mom and aunt in attendance.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 May 2026
  • How the choreography unfurled by the crowd shimmered in the night.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Adjective
  • Fold one corner down to create a triangle (the rest of the towel should remain unfolded and look like a rectangle attached to the triangle).
    Lauren Wellbank, Martha Stewart, 4 May 2026
  • The unfolded detail does not go unnoticed and is very much respected and appreciated.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The unlawful taking of articles from a motor vehicle, locked or unlocked.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
  • Investigators said that Scott walked through an unlocked front door, stripped off his clothes and went straight into a sleeping child’s bedroom.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • One of the enduring images from the uprising of two months ago was endless unzipped black body bags lining the streets.
    Lily Moayeri, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Gisele Bündchen radiated in an unzipped, high-cut wetsuit and beachy waves for her new Garnier campaign.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Advertisement Stafford depressurized the cockpit, matching the vacuum inside to the vacuum outside so that the hatch would not blow open and fly free from interior air pressure when it was unlatched.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Tollinche has a prior unsealed arrest for allegedly raping a minor in 2025, according to records.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • According to the lawsuit, residents moved in to find shattered glass on balconies, unsealed concrete, and chunks of concrete falling to the ground.
    Larry Seward, CBS News, 1 May 2026
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“Unclenched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclenched. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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