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How to use untie in a sentence

20 example sentences · verb

Untie means to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of. Example: “I'll untie this knot one way or another. It's just a question of mind over matter.”

Examples of untie by meaning

verbTo loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

  • to untie a knot

verbIn the Perl programming language, to undo the process of tying, so that a variable uses default instead of custom...

  • After you finish with the INI file, all you need to do is untie the hash.2002, Dave Roth, Win32 Perl Programming: The Standard Extensions, page 151

More sentences with untie

  • I'll untie this knot one way or another. It's just a question of mind over matter.From the entry mind over matter
  • “I have just spent the last hour tying and untying your hair,” she said levelly.2025 April 17, Claire Devon, chapter 9, in A Bride for the Devilish Duke (Marriage by Midnight; 2), ASIN B0F57WT5HM. From the entry noirette
  • Daisy untied the bow and pulled open the bag to sniff the creamy brown-sugary goodies.2017, Julie Miller, Military Grade Mistletoe, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry brown-sugary
  • Freedom from greed unties the knot of greedful actions, but does not diminish our capacity to act.2014, Anantanand Rambachan, A Hindu Theology of Liberation: Not-Two Is Not One, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry greedful
  • He was actually almost unwriggled when we came to finally untie him.2001, alt.drugs.psychedelics, Counting Comets. From the entry unwriggle
  • Exasperated, he unties them and tugs them over to the damside, where there is abundant grass.1999, JM Coetzee, Disgrace, Vintage, published 2000, page 123. From the entry damside
  • Place an untied tournedo on each crouton.2020, Michel Maincent Morel, THE FRENCH CHEF HANDBOOK: La cuisine de référence version anglaise, Editions BPI, →ISBN, page 945. From the entry tournedo
  • Untie him before Hannelore busts a heartstring.2011 April 21, Jeph Jacques, “Sob Story”, in Questionable Content, number 1909 (webcomic), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2024. From the entry heartstrings
  • Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows. From the entry painter
  • It seemed to Ursie that his mission was to either catch her bootlaces untied or a not untiable knot in them.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry untieable
  • And on his feet, accurate in proportion to a pair of spaceboots, Sammy's untied sneakers spread open above the ankles, enormous tongues flapping out.2017, Jeffrey Kinsey, Areh, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry spaceboot
  • As I prepared to put into action my un-Einsteinian plot, I grabbed the string to untie my drawers and yank them down.2011, Mark Elswick, Padman. From the entry un-Einsteinian
  • He doesn’t have time to untie the boat from the pontoon, so he snaps through the line with his wakizashi and takes off.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 384. From the entry wakizashi
  • The sack had been left untied, and so by wriggling a bit he was able to get his head through the opening and look out.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New…. From the entry untied
  • Untying the leather thongs that bound them behind the saddle, he picked the saddlebags up, hobbled to a nearby tree, and sat down at its base.2008, David Thomasson, The Ghost of Hollering Woman Creek, page 59. From the entry saddlebag
  • The circular attic is roofed with a dome, and inside it the oval table - the accubitum - is set, and the disciples around it are untying their shoes.1988, Athanasios D. Kominēs, Patmos: Treasures of the Monastery, page 197. From the entry accubitum
  • "But here is the good Bolsover to your rescue." The worthy grocer had caught sight of them through the window and came bustling out, untying his white apron.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry to one's rescue
  • An interesting little book, full of chunks of undigested material, with terrible terminological wrappings, hardly worth the time and effort of untying the packages and seeing what they contain.1923 October, “Turner, Julia. The Psychology of Self-Consciousness. […]”, in Smith Ely Jelliffe, editor, The Journal of Nervous and Mental…. From the entry vocabularial

Meaning of untie

  1. verb To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
  2. verb To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
  3. verb To resolve; to unfold; to clear.

Full definition of untie

Questions about untie in a sentence

How do you use untie in a sentence?
Untie is used as a verb. For example: “I'll untie this knot one way or another. It's just a question of mind over matter.”
What is a short sentence with untie?
“to untie a knot”
What does untie mean?
Untie means to loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.

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