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Meanings of
unfurl
(unfurling)
in English
Portuguese
desenovelar
Catalan
desplegar
Spanish
desenrollar
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Unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state.
unroll
roll up
Portuguese
desenovelar
Usage of
unfurling
in English
1
Plans are
unfurling
,
all in their proper time; I shall let them.
2
Some patrons are clearly bedding in
-
unfurling
newspapers, lingering over espressos.
3
Artemis the elder sat in the cham pod, watching events
unfurling
below.
4
The rush came on like wings of ice
unfurling
through my ribcage.
5
More than a million native plants are
unfurling
along the new Waikato Expressway.
6
The long ribbon fluttered in the air, furling and
unfurling
it gracefully descended.
7
The Duke of Athole performed the ceremony of
unfurling
the banner.
8
Spring may be late, but bluebells are
unfurling
across the nation.
9
He couldn't stop a smile from
unfurling
,
didn't even try to stop it.
10
There was no
unfurling
of the water, no crest, no foam.
11
A nausea-suppression program went primary as an aghast Ralph watched the nightmare
unfurling
.
12
Ferns are
unfurling
hesitantly, having kept their most delicate tips hidden.
13
Pellucid streamers were
unfurling
below it, like long coiling jellyfish tendrils.
14
Some,
unfurling
fans before their bosoms, sank down upon the chairs and sofas.
15
You unfold a table-cloth as if you were
unfurling
a sail.
16
Again the sound of metal
unfurling
clanked and clicked in some echoing distance.
Other examples for "unfurling"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
unfurling
unfurl
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
bleak unfurling
confident unfurling
long unfurling
see the unfurling
uncanny unfurling
Translations for
unfurling
Portuguese
desenovelar
desfraldar
Catalan
desplegar
Spanish
desenrollar
desplegar
Unfurling
through the time
Unfurling
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common