unspooled; unspooling; unspools
1
: to unwind from a spool
unspool the cable
2
: to execute or present artfully or gracefully
unspooled a jump shot
unspooling an intricate tale
: to be presented or revealed on or as if on a motion-picture screen
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Miller unspools this cartoonish end-times mythology with whirligig aplomb that goes on and on — as monotonous as Denis Villeneuve’s Dune but livelier, with mobile camera angles, ever-widening aerial exteriors, and huge crowds dodging flame-throwers.
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Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Certain unpredictable events — a leak, a lawsuit, a news story — can start to unspool a secret.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 24 May 2024
Certain unpredictable events — a leak, a lawsuit, a news story — can start to unspool a secret.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for unspool
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“Unspool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unspool. Accessed 2 Jun. 2024.
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