uncoiled
adjective
un·coiled
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Definition of uncoiled
: not coiled
Examples of uncoiled in a Sentence
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As Martinez waited, Buehler's body uncoiled with speed and power, his sinews and muscles firing like the bent wooden beams and twisted cords of gut and horsehair that powered the katapeltes thousands of years ago. — Tom Verducci, SI.com, "Walker Buehler Has the Arm, Arsenal and Attitude to Be a Star," 13 Aug. 2019 To manage this, the team put an electrolyte in a gel and used a conducting (but uncoiled) nanotube yarn as the electrode. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Carbon nanotube “yarn” generates electricity when stretched," 24 Aug. 2017 Scientists believe these flat, uncoiled sections make prions lethal to brain cells. — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "In tracking a lethal family of diseases that threatens humans and animals, scientists have become the hunters," 6 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uncoiled.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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