"We said, 'Let's simplify this thing down to two steps -' pinch 'and' unroll '- that's it. From Wordnik.com. [Muti] Reference
Etymologically, the word evolution is linked to the word for "unroll," as in the way an ancient manuscript was unfurled. From Wordnik.com. [One Cʘsmos] Reference
Seales hopes to scan two of the scrolls and then digitally "unroll" them on a computer screen so scholars can read them. From Wordnik.com. [WBKO - HomePage - Headlines] Reference
Can I unroll the sleeping bag, and rest on it, there?. From Wordnik.com. [Trees on Fields] Reference
The crowd presses forward to see as I unroll the carpet. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
When I unroll the window, wind and dust blow into my face. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Svenson sighed and began to unroll and button his sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
People unroll these quilts at night and lie down upon them. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Shepherd A Life of Christ for Children] Reference
Soak a small amount of tea and unroll 8 or 10 of the leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
'Could you lend me six feet of floor to unroll my bedding on?'. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
It was angling now, as if making ready to unroll on the water. From Wordnik.com. [Xone of Contention]
Speak, History, who are life's victors? unroll thy long annals and say. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
He untied it and took out a short, fat scroll, which he began to unroll. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
I unroll the hose on the side of the twins 'house and turn on the faucet. From Wordnik.com. [Swicks Rule!] Reference
He flicked the towel over his shoulder and started to unroll his sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [Disordered Minds]
I think -- I had heard she was trying to unroll a banner and that is not allowed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2006] Reference
For some reason I believe this and unroll the window and we drive to After Hours. From Wordnik.com. [Less Than Zero]
When they unroll them they'll show up like they're the Lighthouse in Boston Harbor. From Wordnik.com. [Gyre and Gimble] Reference
Now, taking hold of it by two corners, draw it out slowly: the paper will unroll by itself. From Wordnik.com. [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference
LAWRENCE (voice-over): Border agents unroll a carpet and find a grown man hiding deep inside. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2008] Reference
Arrived at school, however, the drying process set in, and he, perforce, must unroll the legs. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of a Pioneer] Reference
Fig. 5, unroll it gradually so that it will fall in the right place and cover the pan properly. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies] Reference
I thought so seriously over the matter that I did not unroll my pack, so as to be ready at an instant. From Wordnik.com. [The Colored Regulars in the United States Army] Reference
But in endeavoring to unroll the pages of their history, we have chanced upon some strange discoveries. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
Munster and Gartenberg both predict a whole new family of iPhones to gradually unroll in the coming year. From Wordnik.com. [Downturn? What Downturn?] Reference
But instantly the warmth leaves her woeful body, the shuttle starts from her hand and the threads unroll. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
You'd think they were unveiling a headstone the way they unroll the mouth of their bag. From Wordnik.com. [Common Trade] Reference
Picton, who is full of activity, begins to unroll the log line; the captain turns the glass, away goes the log. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Tarlac followed, accepting the bundle he was handed, then he followed his guide back to unroll the bundle on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Immediately Phil saw him draw some small object from the bundle of crumpled feathers, which he began to unroll with great haste. From Wordnik.com. [Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat] Reference
Through all the coming twenty years, nightly in my dungeon, the magician memory would unroll that scene from his pictured chambers. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
May our destinies, -- as they unroll themselves from the scroll of time, be as promising, as salutary, and as well deserved as theirs. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
Then, you would carefully unroll the legs of the suit while stepping into them so that they did not touch the floor, even for a second. From Wordnik.com. [Going Viral] Reference
"Hullo!" said he as he took and deftly proceeded to unroll the bundle of bandages, "what's that you've got on your shoulders -- a rick?". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Come now and unroll with me one corner of the still, the silent past, and I shall read you a few pictures in the old time life at Haughton. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
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