loose
[luːs]
Definition:
1. To release something or let it happen or be expressed in an uncontrolled way.
2. Not tightly packed together; not solid or hard.
Use 'loose' in a sentence:
- 1. I was at loose ends and in a funk.
- 2. Two wooden beams had come loose from the ceiling.
- 3. Max is a loose cannon politically.
- 4. Easy with that chair—one of its legs is loose.
- 5. The engine came loose from its mountings.
- 6. He cut himself loose from his family.
- 7. During the night, somebody had cut the boat loose from its moorings.
- 8. Her size was camouflaged by the long loose dress she wore.
- 9. The organization broke loose from its sponsors.
- 10. A chemical change has to take place before the energy can be let loose.
- 11. She was pretty and young, in a loose smocked sundress.
- 12. Owen pounced on the loose ball and scored.
- 13. A pistol wasn't that hard to hide under a loose shirt.
- 14. There's a loose part that keeps jamming the mechanism.
- 15. He'd got caught by the British and turned loose again.
- 16. He was at last let loose in the kitchen.
- 17. Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.
- 18. The play has too many loose ends.
- 19. Teenagers need a place to let loose.
- 20. She had woken feeling at loose ends.
- 21. Three prisoners are still on the loose.
- 22. The screw had worked loose.
- 23. The sheep had got out and were loose on the road.
- 24. There was a loud bang and then all hell broke loose.
- 25. A loose slate had fallen from the roof.
- 26. The handle came loose.
- 27. She shook her hair loose.
- 28. He puts his loose change in a money box for the children.
- 29. He loosed the straps that bound her arms.
- 30. Who's let the dog loose?
- 31. Come and see us, if you're at a loose end.
- 32. Easy with that chair ─ one of its legs is loose.
- 33. She usually wears her hair loose.
- 34. He pounced on a loose ball.
- 35. Check that the plug has not come loose.
- 36. There are still a few loose ends to tie up.
- 37. His tie was pulled loose and his collar hung open.
- 38. She was dressed in a white, loose-fitting shirt.
- 39. It's OK—hang loose and stay cool.
- 40. It's OK ─ hang loose and stay cool.
- 41. The potatoes were sold loose, not in bags.
- 42. Massage will help to tone up loose skin under the chin.
- 43. One of the screws is loose.
- 44. His speech loosed a tide of nationalist sentiment.
- 45. She let loose a stream of abuse.
