Words similar to loosen

Example sentences for: loosen

How can you use “loosen” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

That incredible empire dominated the world and I imagine it did not seem possible to people living then that anyone could loosen that empire's grip on humanity.
Brush the inside of flasks with a stiff-bristle brush to loosen any attached material.
In what other language can quite a lot and quite few mean the same thing, as well as loosen and unloosen, ravel and unravel, passive and impassive, flammable and inflammable, shameful and shameless (behavior) and What won't he do next ? and What will he do next ? In what other language are overlook and oversee opposites but a slim chance and a fat chance the same?
In repose, it is a chiseled mask, with avian eyes that give away little; then, swamped by feeling, those features wiggle and crack and loosen from their moorings.
E. seemed to loosen up right away.