Britt yanked the big whip from its socket and bounced across the street, untangling the lash.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
When it was clear that the members of the family were in bed, the Grand Army man hitched his shoulders and, untangling his long legs, caught his heels on the rounds of his chair.
"Youth and the Bright Medusa"
Willa Cather
Again a change in concept of relationship to reality, the schematic of forces visualized, the untangling, straightening of thought.
"Eight Keys to Eden"
Mark Irvin Clifton