unstringing

present participle of unstring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unstringing
Verb
  • Saft, not bothering to remove his sneakers, leaped onto a chair to place an ornate gold mirror over the mantelpiece.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Talk through what’s bothering you to gain a compassionate perspective.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Discipline without optimism is paralyzing.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Shortly after Henry’s death, Augusta suffered two paralyzing strokes, intensifying her and Ed’s isolated, co-dependent relationship before her death in 1945.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Season 4, Eddie played a key role in distracting Vecna’s (Jamie Campbell Bower) Demobats as the rest of the gang launched an attack on the Upside Down stronghold of Creel House.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Because many designs in the 1970s focused on open-concept designs, noise in the previous building could be distracting for classes, and teachers had made makeshift walls using bookshelves in an attempt to keep noise out, Bookhout said.
    Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The government must refinance without scaring off investors or triggering default.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Playing on parental fears, The Babadook has been scaring the daylights out of us for a solid decade now.
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Burmese pythons, which can engulf an entire Presidential golfing party simply by unhinging their (the pythons’) jaws, inhabit the environs of the Gulf of Mexico, and have even been seen swimming offshore.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kids will love sending this Dilophosaurus sauntering across the floor, frightening everything and everyone in his path.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Instances of swatting have been plaguing the nation for years, with fake shooting threats frightening the public and forcing schools, hospitals, grocery stores, office buildings, and airports into temporary lockdowns.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Conventional cleanup techniques often worsen the problem by disturbing soil structures and consuming large amounts of energy.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There is trash and pollutants from the tourists and gravel has been mined from the area to make trekking routes for people, disturbing the places where females may have laid their eggs, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The game is twisted, disturbing, and terrifying in all the right ways.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
  • On the same day, 100 cyclists, e-bike and dirt bike riders took over a Boston highway, terrifying local drivers.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Unstringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unstringing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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