unfurl
verb
un·furl
ˌən-ˈfər(-ə)l 
unfurled; unfurling; unfurls
: to release from a furled state
: to open out from or as if from a furled state : unfold
Synonyms
Examples of unfurl in a Sentence
after the protestors had unfurled their banner, it stretched from one side of the visitors' gallery to the other
Recent Examples on the Web
Sultry TikTok-ers demonstrate how to strap oneself into a corset-like garment that pins back the shoulders, while buff YouTube influencers explain how to appear inches taller by unfurling a tech-bent spine.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Prior to the game, the Rangers unfurled their championship banner, which now hangs to the right of the giant right-field scoreboard.
—David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
When unfurled and studied at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., the scrolls showed colorful portraits of Okinawan royalty.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Lincoln Road, a South Beach shopping street that was converted to one of the nation’s first pedestrian malls in 1960, begins on Alton Road and unfurls for six blocks east toward Washington Avenue.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
The activists stood in front of the painting hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, unfurled a banner and attached the images onto the masterpiece’s protective glass.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
That one bite promised the parade of joy waiting to unfurl before us at the bar where my husband and I managed to find a seat at 5:15 p.m. on a recent Friday.
—Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024
The large United States flag will be unfurled in centerfield by Rangers’ season ticket Lone Star members before the singing of the anthem.
—David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
To the west, the clouds unfurled like a strawberry pink candy floss.
—Maggie Downs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Prior to the game, the Rangers unfurled their championship banner, which now hangs to the right of the giant right-field scoreboard.
—David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2024
When unfurled and studied at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C., the scrolls showed colorful portraits of Okinawan royalty.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Lincoln Road, a South Beach shopping street that was converted to one of the nation’s first pedestrian malls in 1960, begins on Alton Road and unfurls for six blocks east toward Washington Avenue.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
The activists stood in front of the painting hanging at Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, unfurled a banner and attached the images onto the masterpiece’s protective glass.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
That one bite promised the parade of joy waiting to unfurl before us at the bar where my husband and I managed to find a seat at 5:15 p.m. on a recent Friday.
—Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Jan. 2024
The large United States flag will be unfurled in centerfield by Rangers’ season ticket Lone Star members before the singing of the anthem.
—David Ammenheuser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
To the west, the clouds unfurled like a strawberry pink candy floss.
—Maggie Downs, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Unfurl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfurl. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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unfurl
verb
un·furl
ˌən-ˈfər(-ə)l
: to loose from a furled state : open or spread : unfold
unfurl sails
unfurl a flag
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