Golden as the earliest leaf loosened from the spray.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Drift of Pinions] Reference

Then he had discovered that big stones had loosened from the dome just over the image.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Miracles of Antichrist: A Novel] Reference

He shook his head, and without a word loosened the girths of his horse and took off the bridle.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Heart of the Rockies] Reference

Slowly the sword loosened, came forth from the slit in which it had been set.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merlin's Mirror]

He drew it halfway from its scabbard, then put it back and set the scabbard gently back in place, the sword loosened, hilt ready to hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

The two lifeboats disembarked, each near one of the newly "loosened" planets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of the Lens]

In anticipation of the event, I've "loosened" a part of my cone exhibit A, above.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvest] Reference

Not really hanging but just kind of loosened and maybe that's what happened with the chopper.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2008] Reference

But I don ` t know, come to think of it, it didn ` t-- it kind of loosened up Nicole Kidman ` s tongue so it may not do that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2009] Reference

It just galvanized everything and kind of loosened everybody up.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

"Once he got down he kind of loosened up and played more aggressively.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines] Reference

"The open 3's kind of loosened them up," Glendive coach Wade Murphy said.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference

First-quarter earnings were greatly improved as FASB 157 was "loosened" to allow banks not to mark to market many toxic assets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minyanville] Reference

"loosened" is the money that they have not yet printed.    From Wordnik.com.  [BiggerPockets Forums] Reference

In anticipation of the event, I've "loosened" a part of my cone (exhibit A, above.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvest] Reference

Men loosened their ties and rolled up shirt sleeves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Record heat scorches tourists and may be responsible for cyclist's death] Reference

Simmer for up to a minute, until the skins are loosened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes] Reference

The storm, she said, "may have loosened" its root structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big tree falls without warning in Montgomery] Reference

Then the cougar loosened its grip on the cougar and ran away.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010: A Look Back] Reference

The air of political change in Japan has also loosened some restraints.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan: Getting Racy With The Royals] Reference

Bin Laden moved his family to Pakistan as the Soviets loosened their grip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geoffrey Wawro: Afghanistan: The End Is Near, and We've Been There Before] Reference

Experts say 2008's earthquake in neighbouring Sichuan loosened rock faces.    From Wordnik.com.  [China fears more landslides after heavy rain hits Gansu province] Reference

That both loosened his own standards and left him without allies below him.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Ropes At Nbc News] Reference

Experts have said 2008's earthquake in neighbouring Sichuan loosened rock faces.    From Wordnik.com.  [China braces for more floods as heavy rains predicted] Reference

Restrictions on abortion in Alaska have actually been loosened during her tenure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Family Matters] Reference

Israel has since loosened restrictions on what can enter Gaza via land crossings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel agrees to participate in U.N.-led probe of raid on Gaza-bound aid ship] Reference

He was a rebel who loosened the Turkish military's stranglehold on political power.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sliding Backward] Reference

Some large banks reported that they had loosened standards for prime mortgage loans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small Businesses Are Having An Easier Time Getting Loans, Fed Survey Finds] Reference

By contrast, banks consistently loosened credit standards from mid-1993 until late 1998.    From Wordnik.com.  [Companies Are Maxed Out Too] Reference

If they had threatened not to participate, the restrictions might well have been loosened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clippings From The Media War] Reference

She had fallen from the summit above as the ice melted and loosened her 500-year-old grave.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children Of The Ice] Reference

Hoping to regain some international credibility, Mugabe has loosened his repressive grip, if only temporarily.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Despot Clings to Power] Reference