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unbent
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Unbend \Un*bend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbending .] [1st pref. un- + bend.] To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow. A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for ...
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1 Not bent 2 erect, upright, or straight v (en-past of: unbend )
Usage examples of unbent.
Harris had initially scorned the idea, though he had unbent sufficiently to suggest that maybe an Indian volunteer could be found who would stand a much greater chance of remaining undetected in the enemy capital, but Baird had vigorously defended his choice.
He unbent himself, his whole mind was in undress, and behind the veneer of good-fellowship I seemed to see a very cold arrogant soul.
He unbent to me as a relief to his long spiritual tension, and let me see the innermost dreams of his heart.
Arithon unbent his fists to peel back the hair slicked to his forehead and temples.
While in the public eye of his troop captains, he had been the unbent picture of royal pride.
With a grin at the old man who was unbent by the passage of years, he sat on the bed and held out his hands for a trencher.
She unbent enough to smile at Leonard, and after that, every time Lisa finished another book, they went to some place with white tablecloths and gourmet food.
She had charmed their coach driver so much that the drab man had unbent enough to smile at her whenever she spoke to him.
Schatel unbent enough to show them a couch near the loan department where they could wait and watch unobtrusively.
As with thumbs unbent they glared, Till the prefect gave the signal That his life should not be spared.
DESK CLERK at the Hotel Grandview demanded four pieces of ID, then returned Burke his checkbook and unbent sufficiently to warn him and Sarah that NOAA had put this part of the coast under a tornado watch.
Snow, who could look so austere, had unbent sufficiently to save the best morsels for Horace.