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Example sentences for: loosen

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Like Volcker, Greenspan was a fierce enemy of inflation who wouldn't prime the pump before an election to help the incumbent (though that didn't stop the Bushies from prodding Greenspan to loosen up).
Large package hotels offer entertainers operating in two or three languages to loosen up the older crowd with competitions, sing-alongs, and a more sedate sort of dancing.
Abubakar, apparently among the cadre of army officers who want the military to loosen its political control, says he will turn over power to an elected civilian government by October 1st.
The WP , NYT , and LAT report that the Clinton administration is quietly trying to negotiate with Saddam Hussein by offering to loosen the current constraints on what he can buy with his oil proceeds if he will let the UN inspection team back in.
Typically, the proposals loosen the restrictions.