Get to know Loosened better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like disentangled or untangled.
Loosened meaning
simple past and past participle of loosen
Synonyms of Loosened
Using Loosened
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of loosen
- Useful related words include: disentangled, unsnarled, untangled.
- In the example corpus, loosened often appears in combinations such as: loosened the, loosened restrictions, be loosened.
Context around Loosened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Loosened
- In this selection, "loosened" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, china, legislature, ludovic, rules, restrictions and regulations stand out and add context to how "loosened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after china loosened its pandemic and and had loosened the drag. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "loosened" sits close to words such as acreage, adaptable and alienation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with loosened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Apple later loosened these restrictions. (5 words)
Binding nursery stakes should be loosened or removed if possible. (10 words)
These figures dropped after pandemic restrictions loosened on schools statewide, Moore said. (12 words)
During Bolsonaro’s presidency from 2019 through 2022, the former president had said “good citizens” should be entitled to protect their families and their assets, and loosened rules on the possession of guns and ammunition. (35 words)
Rep. Clampitt brushed back questions about the push for increasing penalties for impaired driving during a session in which conservative leadership has loosened the states gun laws and refused to take up gun control measures. (35 words)
As a microcosm — Syria has Sunnis, Shiites, Alawites, Kurds, Christians and Druse — whenever central control is loosened, it is a source of insecurity for every sect, so they often reach outside for help. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
But he was put off by testing restrictions and other limits imposed by some countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Australia, after China loosened its pandemic precautions.
During Bolsonaro’s presidency from 2019 through 2022, the former president had said “good citizens” should be entitled to protect their families and their assets, and loosened rules on the possession of guns and ammunition.
Earlier this year, the Legislature loosened restrictions under the state's longstanding anti-corporate-farming law.
However, global Travel & Tourism’s GDP grew at an average of 4.3% per year, indicating the link between our sector’s growth and its carbon footprint has been loosened.
Rep. Clampitt brushed back questions about the push for increasing penalties for impaired driving during a session in which conservative leadership has loosened the states gun laws and refused to take up gun control measures.
State laws vary for the schools, but in general, they have loosened regulations to, in theory, allow for innovation.
The cast before his big catch, he thought he had a big fish and had loosened the drag.
The despisers of Christianity have loosened our ties and opened the door to distrust and conflict.
The pallet was then lifted just short of 10 feet and Mr Ludovic loosened the bolts in order to remove the two panels so they could be fixed.
These figures dropped after pandemic restrictions loosened on schools statewide, Moore said.
Travelers who want to see Thailand will be relieved to learn that the nation has finally loosened travel restrictions after months (years!) of harsh ones brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak.
Twenty-one groups of siblings and 14 sets of friends have joined forces to secure a property under loosened eligibility requirements that kicked in on 1 July.
When a police officer pointed out that Guerrero appeared to no longer be breathing, Ibrahim checked his pulse for the first time and loosened the restraints, the report said.
After Anne’s death and the pandemic loosened, Carpenter returned to Paris to find it a ghost town.
And, after the first full year of the government's loosened ethics rules for political staff to accept gifts, Nenshi has another proposal.
And I think as time has gone on, I've loosened up on all that.
Apple later loosened these restrictions.
As a microcosm — Syria has Sunnis, Shiites, Alawites, Kurds, Christians and Druse — whenever central control is loosened, it is a source of insecurity for every sect, so they often reach outside for help.
Binding nursery stakes should be loosened or removed if possible.
Concurrently, the International Olympics Commission loosened its rules disallowing the individual athletes’ endorsement of brands during the Games, greatly multiplying the tie-in possibilities.
Common combinations with loosened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- loosened the 16×
- loosened restrictions 12×
- be loosened 10×
- have loosened 9×
- loosened up 9×
- loosened its 8×
- and loosened 6×
- has loosened 6×
- were loosened 6×
- been loosened 5×