(v. t.) To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle.
Example Sentences:
(1) In probably his most self-critical judgement, Blair has accepted the west did not foresee the degree to which complex tribal, religious and sectarian tensions would be uncorked once a strong, repressive, all-powerful leader such as Saddam was removed.
(2) The onslaught continued three minutes later when Corona uncorked a shot from inside the area that went narrowly wide of the far post.
(3) Every evening, she uncorked bottles of white wine, and with disarmingly direct questions – "Deep down, isn't everyone racist, black and white?"
(4) After a barrage of shots forced the challenger to the canvas for a third time, Brook closed the show by uncorking a perfectly timed left hand on to Dan’s chin.
(5) And so began Guzmán’s wild and bloody and surreal attempt to evade capture, a six-hour chase involving helicopters, sewers, a carjacking and a sex motel which would convulse Los Mochis and uncork, when it was all over, jubilation in Mexico City and Washington.
(6) What if they uncork more of the lethal gases whose use triggered intervention in the first place?
(7) Okoye uncorked a new British record throw of 68.24m back in May.
(8) The concept of the uncorkable liposome composed of phase-separated mixtures of a polymerized phospholipid and an enzymically digestible phospholipid has been investigated, using small unilamellar vesicles composed of mixtures of (polymerized) dienoylphosphatidylcholine (DENPC) and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC).
(9) Come Tuesday they may be uncorking the champagne; but, all else being equal, in years to come they will be crying into their beer.
(10) In the bar of the Hotel du Vin, among elegant decor punctuated by row upon row of green and black bottles, all uncorked and drained of champagne and wine, the 46-year-old alcoholic licks his lips and asks for a sparkling water.
(11) But he has told friends he still insists that this uncorking of forces in Iraq was so devastating because of the unexpected degree to which malevolent Iranian and al-Qaida forces infiltrated the country stirring up sectarian hatreds.
(12) It is concluded that the liposomes, like the monolayers, are phase-mixed, and that uncorkable liposomes cannot be constructed from the phospholipid mixture employed.
(13) We ordered lobster and scallops at the self-service hatch, and sat at a picnic table, uncorking a bottle of Californian wine (Rockport is dry, so bring your own) and enjoying a fabulous sunset as our kids played on the rocks.
(14) So it was that Emerson found himself a guest on Sean Hannity’s show just last week, as a warm-up of sorts for the mind-boggling inaccuracies he would uncork on Sunday.
(15) By the time Nadal uncorked a 110mph service winner down the middle on match point at 11.43pm and throttled his fist to the New York sky, the sense of relief from the Spaniard was as palpable as the humidity that had kept the grounds a sweatbox long after sundown.
(16) Updated at 4.35pm BST 4.28pm BST Second set: Djokovic 4-6, 3-1 Nadal* (*denotes server): Better from Nadal, Djokovic unable to uncork credulity-defying shots to order, but from thirtir-love, a forehand goes wide, and then Djokovic absolutely basses a forehand - only for Nadal to retaliate, clinching the game with ball assault illegal in some countries.
(17) It is proposed that, until further experimental evidence is produced, the enzymatically uncorkable liposome must be regarded as a theoretical construct.
(18) Friends uncorked more wine to digest his explanation that, yes, the staunchly conservative judge Neil Gorsuch would almost certainly be confirmed to the supreme court as Trump’s pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia, even though Barack Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland was stalled by Republicans for nearly a year.
Unwork
Definition:
(v. t.) To undo or destroy, as work previously done.
Example Sentences:
(1) Critics argue that the idea is an expensive and probably unworkable smokescreen for continued reliance on fossil fuels.
(2) This proposal would make filing their tax returns almost unworkable.
(3) Holding intermediaries responsible for determining what information is in the public interest is dangerous and unworkable: more than 100 billion searches occur each month on Google alone, which could in theory be subject to review-on-demand for adequacy and relevance, rather than accuracy or lawfulness.
(4) So while we will fiercely oppose policies that hit working people, and we will expose policies that are unworkable, where the government comes forward with ideas that are sensible we will be prepared to look at them.” Labour, said Harman, would be a different kind of opposition, “so there are measures in the budget which we will give serious consideration to”.
(5) It's unworkable, unpoliceable and crazy to even consider.
(6) They went on: "A number of its recommendations are unworkable and it gives politicians an unacceptable degree of interference in the regulation of the press."
(7) The agreement that emerged on Monday will not solve the country’s problems and is likely to prove totally unworkable.
(8) But we also face the risk that the forces of opposition are correct: that these policies are electoral anathema, or unworkable, or both.
(9) Clegg denied his plans were so expensive that they were unworkable, pointing out that the government already spent £6bn annually on early years support.
(10) "Judging additionality has turned out to be unknowable and unworkable.
(11) It is argued that the definition is an unworkable concept because patients with underlying immunosuppression disorders such as AIDs can not be easily distinguished from chronic disease patients; i.e., pulmonary tuberculosis, renal failure, uncontrolled diabetes, or diarrhea with weight loss.
(12) It’s pretty clear that plan A is unworkable, and yet nobody seems to be working on a plan B at all.
(13) Most are considered unworkable at present – with the exception of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.
(14) But for all the tough talk, there were immediate signs that Black's threats could prove to be unworkable – and antagonise other publishers who remain sceptical about a reform process led by somebody at the heart of the existing system of self-regulation, which has been discredited by the phone-hacking scandal.
(15) This has left them all but unworkable, and in many cases, unconstitutional.
(16) He made the comments as George Osborne said a currency union based on the pound would be "unworkable" in the wake of analysis by the Bank of England.
(17) Serious doubts about the project's future were confirmed this year when the cross-party House of Commons public accounts committee said it was "unworkable" and that, despite huge investment, had failed to deliver.
(18) David Orr, chief executive of the National Housing Federation, describes the bedroom tax as "an unfair, unworkable policy that should be repealed".
(19) But the bill has been widely lambasted by legal and pharmacological authorities as being irrational and unworkable.
(20) "This vote gives MPs a chance to show where they stand and vote to repeal this unjust and unworkable policy," she said.