A cynic would say that the ravelling is a pleasure to watch, and the media enjoys it too. From Wordnik.com. [Floating Axhead] Reference
Did you have trouble with ravelling usin the other stitches?. From Wordnik.com. [Doorways & Archways] Reference
A by-stander, who had very little faith in our hero, caught at the ravelling thus dropped. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Africa, when th minibus taxi she was ravelling in was involved in an accident in Bethlehem. From Wordnik.com. [ANC CONDOLENCES TO SA HIGH COMMISSIONER TO INDIA] Reference
He would have to inspect the tapestry very closely for cuts or ravelling — even a snagged thread might count. From Wordnik.com. [With a Single Spell]
On the side of that first stump that overhangs the pool I found a few broken withies, and this black ravelling of wool braid snagged in the cracked, dead wood of the stump. From Wordnik.com. [The Raven In The Foregate]
He laughs again, ravelling up the cobweb in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Or are you ravelling out the wonderful fabric knit by Time. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of Purpose] Reference
She crossed the threads of a brook ravelling themselves from density. From Wordnik.com. [Marianson From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899] Reference
At length the sun, drawing the last ravelling of light after it, disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference
And see, on the back a fresh stitch was necessary to keep the ends from ravelling. From Wordnik.com. [Patty and Azalea] Reference
Was he ravelling out his life into golden threads that vanished and were forgotten?. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunger] Reference
A few ravelling threads of this our desultory tale have yet to be gathered up, as tidily as may be. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference
Gently to and fro her tresses drifted on the water, or under the water went ever ravelling and unravelling. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
It was another dark day of clouds hanging low, bulging big and black with wind and ravelling into rain along the edges. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of Helena Richie] Reference
For this purpose, you must clear the loops, by ravelling them out top and bottom, and slip them on to knitting needles. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
I feel sure that the retrospective discovery of a ravelling would somehow displease Georgiana as a feature of our courtship. From Wordnik.com. [Aftermath] Reference
The same stitch is used for preventing the fringes, that serve as a finish to so many articles of house-linen, from ravelling. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopedia of Needlework] Reference
"He sits ravelling out his life into a multitude of golden threads," went on Ferdinand with a bow, his steely eyes trying to look gentle. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Hunger] Reference
He won't have so much as a ravelling on the floor up here to walk on. ". From Wordnik.com. [Miss Billy's Decision] Reference
A ravelling from his bandage and went on, still detached from the narrative. From Wordnik.com. [The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me] Reference
"I was there three minutes after the explosion and there wasn't even a ravelling or a horsehair left. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunted Woman] Reference
Travel - ling in Canada is certainly not aUogetlier so plea - san (as (ravelling in Englaiul. From Wordnik.com. [The geographical and historical dictionary of America and the West Indies : containing an entire translation of the Spanish work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo...with large additions and compilations from modern voyages and travels, and from original and authentic information] Reference
At ravelling runes I'm ready. From Wordnik.com. [The Romany Rye] Reference
But she doesn't leave a ravelling. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
You dropped a purple ravelling in, 5. From Wordnik.com. [She sweeps with many-colored brooms.] Reference
But ravelling out the secret by my thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Plays in English Verse] Reference
And stayed the gray crows at their ravelling. From Wordnik.com. [Helen Redeemed and Other Poems] Reference
But I am not ravelling in that. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
A ought to be tossed in a blanket, "quoth she," and thou along with her, thou jack-pudding, thou ravelling! "quoth she. From Wordnik.com. [A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales] Reference
A ravelling. From Wordnik.com. [The Tailor of Gloucester] Reference
17. ravelling. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
We were ravelling so fast and it~ "\par. From Wordnik.com. [Acorna's World]
This one’s tail is ravelling into its burrow—. From Wordnik.com. [December 2006] Reference
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