How to Use unravel in a Sentence

unravel

verb
Definition of unravelnext
Synonyms for unravelnext
  • Their plans unraveled when she lost her job.
  • I feel like my life is unraveling.
  • His frequent absences from home caused his marriage to unravel.
  • Scientists are still unraveling the secrets of DNA.
  • But, over the course of the past five months, the group has begun to unravel.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There's still a lot left to unravel in the Thread space.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2022
  • There is much still to unravel about how this came to be.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The horn blows, and both teams start attempting to unravel the ropes.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 July 2022
  • Clase walked Jared Young leading off the ninth and unraveled from there.
    — Andrew Seligman, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • In the morning, unravel the braids and gently finger-comb through the strands.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Toward the end of part one, there are a few plot twists that begin to unravel.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Younès sets out to unravel the mystery of what has happened to his friend.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Alone with the twins in her London flat, Sheila unravelled.
    — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • The Timbers, who had played even up to that point, appeared ready to unravel.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The two retrace his steps to try and unravel the circumstances of his death.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The reasons for the split were still a mystery but how was I supposed to unravel that?
    — Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2022
  • In the days that followed, their lives began to unravel.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Through Nechaev, the player unravels the mystery of why the robots have gone on a killing spree.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Comstock unraveled the bundle, which turned out to be rocks wrapped in a T-shirt with wire tied around it.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
  • Cassie turned forward and stared out the windshield to the road unraveling among the shadows ahead.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The discovery sent Lamb on a half-decade quest to unravel the mystery of the missing bear toes.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • And that meant unraveling the rhymes and coming up with new ones.
    — Barbra Streisand, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Instead, the roller should be removed from the bottom, ensuring the ends are the first part to be unraveled.
    — Tayler Adigun, Essence, 16 May 2024
  • This sends Giovanna on a quest to meet Vittoria—and to unravel the web of lies around her.
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • But as the decade came to a close, ties between both the Beatles and the Harrisons continued to unravel.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Most of the time, a murder mystery will get tied up in a bow, and mysteries of the heart and oneself are much harder to unravel.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And the story of what happened to her sister began to unravel.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
  • Researchers unraveled this mystery over the course of four years in the Choma District of southern Zambia.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
  • Years later, it was unraveled as nothing more than a hoax.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 24 June 2024
  • Beyer then searched social media for answers and began to unravel the truth.
    — Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024

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