unbend the mind from absorbing too much information. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
unbend a bow. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They call me Goddess, Angel, and court me with dainties fit for queens 'tables and farfetched wines such as unbend the soul from cares. From Wordnik.com. [The Beau Defeated: or, The Lucky Younger Brother] Reference
Slowly I unbend her arm, peel off the bandage gently. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traveler's Wife]
But who did not unbend a little on that historic day?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 22, 1919] Reference
Something, or a Somebody, to unbend his brows a little. From Wordnik.com. [Great Expectations] Reference
I never saw my aunt unbend more systematically to anyone. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield] Reference
"I expect the toffee-nosed bugger can't unbend even as far as that.". From Wordnik.com. [Every living thing]
How is it ready at every breath to unbend and let down its intension!. From Wordnik.com. [Pneumatologia] Reference
Even when Servilia gave him her widest, shiest smile, he did not unbend. From Wordnik.com. [The Grass Crown]
Claudia remained tortuously polite, refusing to unbend and spill gossip. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
That did not lead her to unbend, or to relax her vigilance for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Diuturnity's Dawn]
Myste could and would unbend her rigid ethics in order to ensure that the. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
She had the body halfway out, but the legs were stiff and wouldn't unbend. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Up]
Brechdan must not unbend, not even when Elwych returned after three years. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
They felt they must unbend after the severe mental tension of the morning. From Wordnik.com. [The Kentucky Ranger] Reference
I want him to unbend and call me Lord Rand again, he thought with amazement. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunt]
My joints were frozen with terror — I couldn't unbend my fingers to drop it. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight]
Yea, it has made the mightiest to unbend, and brought them bowing before its altar. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
Proud men never unbend until their supremacy is acknowledged through your servility. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
Madeline Payne, after studiously ignoring the two men for some days, began to unbend. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He makes clunky attempts to unbend from his natural dignity, and that endears him, too. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Obama: Our Plumber-in-Chief] Reference
Not many could unbend their minds over the tomes he gathered for this third collection. From Wordnik.com. [The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950] Reference
The Arab might unbend to his people if it so pleased him, but he kept them well in hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
But Mahony, stooping to decipher the names Ellen had written on the slate, did not unbend. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
The hind legs of the animal are twice as long as the front ones, and unbend like a spring. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
But that the Prince could unbend on occasion is revealed by another notification to his subjects. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
It is sweet to unbend oneself at the proper opportunity, and this was the proper opportunity for Mrs. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
The flight out of Dallas, I had to put my carry on under the seat and had no room to unbend my knees. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
Willy Horse acted as waiter, Mrs. Shafto declining to unbend to the extent of waiting on "them varmints.". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
I wish most sincerely you was Here to amuse yourself with it, and to unbend your mind from the cares of State. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 2 April 1777] Reference
He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis. From Wordnik.com. [Life, the Universe, and Everything]
He could not unbend among them, and talk to them familiarly of their prowess, and of the good cause, as Henri did. From Wordnik.com. [La Vend�e] Reference
Then the other two occupants of the house were left to themselves and might unbend from their rigid surveillance for a little while. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
She did unbend so far at last as to light a fire in the stove, but she let it be clearly understood that it was not for his benefit. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
She shoved the antenna down a little too forcefully, then had to unbend the slim wire before she could slip the phone into her purse. From Wordnik.com. [Hot And Bothered]
You begin to wonder at what time during the day it commenced to unbend, and if you have had that melancholy, damp appearance many hours. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow."] Reference
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