My reticence and my use of the word "untangle" is based on this. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
It took him a second or two to untangle his tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Lips that Touch Liquor: The French 75] Reference
And it's going to take a long time to untangle everything. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2006] Reference
Any attempt to untangle the ties, more firmly fastens them. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
Such is the mess that the appeals court must untangle this year. From Wordnik.com. [The Trials Of Microsoft, 4.0] Reference
Sally Ann never failed to locate the trouble or to untangle the yarn. From Wordnik.com. [Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian] Reference
There would be cross-threads to untangle when I met my wife's cousin. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Major League Baseball trying to untangle itself a bit from Spiderman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 7, 2004] Reference
M. O'BRIEN: Well, there's quite a few things to untangle here, Soledad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2005] Reference
So to untangle the War and its errors, ambassadors out on all sides we will send. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
"I'll untangle that for you," offered Rosemary, holding out her hand for the line. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
Sgt. Young and interpreter came through from Pinega to untangle the sleigh situation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
"Where have you been?" asked the policeman, making a mighty effort to untangle himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
But the airport says it's going to be a long time before they really untangle this mess. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2006] Reference
Rob Pegoraro attempts to untangle computing conundrums and errant electronics each week. From Wordnik.com. [HELP FILE: AT&T hangs up on old unlimited wireless-data plans] Reference
The reader is invited to try to untangle for himself the threads twisted by passion alone. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
Many a soldier became highly exasperated in a vain attempt to untangle a set of French harness. From Wordnik.com. [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference
When you try to untangle this relationship he has with Reverend Wright, it seems to get murkier. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2008] Reference
While Nelsen and Ramos were trying to untangle the mess, visible specks appeared in the distance. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
He landed heavily on the ground in a heap, where he was left to untangle himself as best he could. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
Worse, most entrepreneurs don't have the time or the expertise to untangle this messy calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Benefits Package For Small Businesses] Reference
These men would weave a web of lies about that night that no one to this day has been able to untangle. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 22, 2009] Reference
Meanwhile the competitors would race to untangle the knots as fast as the platform manufacturer could tie them. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
The other big thing is, the worst thing about an iPod are the wires, because you've got to untangle them constantly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2005] Reference
They're obviously still trying to untangle this situation, understand what was behind it, what the motivations were. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007] Reference
But Ben Hall seemed to know how to untangle them, and soon the work of getting the tent to shore began to look easier. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus] Reference
But many of the modifications are so profound as to render it impossible to untangle them and discover the true meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity] Reference
The stopper gits knocked out, and when I untangle it from my feet and throw it back in de house it fall in the fireplace. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
You can see what he sees as he rushes to help untangle the pilot and passenger from the wreckage of a single engine Cessna. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2008] Reference
I was going to say, I'm turning it over to the government to untangle, even while making use of the inventories of radioactives. From Wordnik.com. [Medal of Honor] Reference
He scooted back on the bed, trying to untangle the sheet, which was still secured at the foot of the bed and all along one side. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
He would crawl out upon the fuselage and attempt to untangle the inactive control wire, freeing the now useless right elevating plane!. From Wordnik.com. [Around the World in Ten Days] Reference
The Democratic contender for the White House says he wants to build a light rail system to help untangle the mess along L. A.'s freeways. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2007] Reference
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