How to Use unfurl in a Sentence

unfurl

verb
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  • The songs unfurl like the plot of a movie based on his life.
    — Cindy Watts, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Here’s The Times’ first mock of the year, and a look at one way the draft could unfurl: 1.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • With the other end in your hands, unfurl the rope to its full length and sit on the floor with the bag in front of you.
    — Pam Moore, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2021
  • It’s a knowing hint at the terror that’s about to unfurl—the sense that time is about to slip out of whack.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 July 2021
  • Then Yang unfurled a must-have list centered on life as a unit of one.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • To the west, the clouds unfurled like a strawberry pink candy floss.
    — Maggie Downs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • There are even plans to fit cargo ships with huge kites that unfurl ahead of them, pulling the ship along on a good wind.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2021
  • The cards requested us to clench our fists slowly and then unfurl them at the same pace.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
  • Snip leaves as needed, and the plant will unfurl fresh foliage.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Use it within the soft case as a pillow, or unfurl it to use as a blanket.
    — Jamie Ballard, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Each of the arrays was intended to unfurl like a hand fan.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Then, once things warm up, the petals simply unfurl again to continue the show.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The Aztecs didn’t cut down any nets Wednesday night in Thomas & Mack or climb up to the catwalk and unfurl a banner.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The story is unfurling in the open and the local bookstore wants to mark the occasion.
    — Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
  • Aldridge barked an order at a young sailor to unfurl a large American flag along the ship’s bridge.
    — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • The next question was how to hold the accordion fold in place until the sunshield was ready to unfurl.
    — Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
  • These shifts in the brain set the stage for surreal scenarios to unfurl.
    — Jennifer King Lindley, Health.com, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Another flag hung above the stage; a few in the audience brought their own to unfurl from the balconies.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The spacecraft includes a five-layer sunshield that will unfurl to reach the size of a tennis court.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Prior to the game, the Rangers unfurled their championship banner, which now hangs to the right of the giant right-field scoreboard.
    — David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Far below an aerial shot, jade-green waves crest and unfurl to the swelling and swirling notes of an orchestra.
    — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Little succulents pry their way into cracks and crevices, and hostas unfurl fat leaves in the shade.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • In Williamsburg, on a seven-acre park by the East River, spring will soon unfurl in blue blossoms.
    — New York Times, 20 Mar. 2021
  • In their place, the Spurs are set to unfurl a team high on youth, energy and upside — but low on top-of-the-marquee star power.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Now, more than a year after the pandemic shrank their world, things are starting to unfurl once again.
    — Eliza Fawcett, courant.com, 9 May 2021
  • The service is gentle, the courses unfurl at an adagio-like pace.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Two of three However, one of the three main parachutes did not fully unfurl as the capsule drifted back to the ground.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
  • Earl James, 54, saw the banner being unfurled as the man made his daring escape from the police who had pursued him to the roof.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • One in four Americans get on the road every year and let the horizon unfurl before them.
    — Raval Davis, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • This week used to be nail-biting time in Hollywood as the studios nervously unfurled their summer blockbusters and prayed for lines at the box office.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 27 June 2024

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