Maybe to see our wheat burn would untwist that twist in his brain and make him American."
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey
Abdallah's string has got tangled round your legs; I'll untwist it."
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
He bowed assent and compliance; went to the glass; and began to untwist and unsadden his features; pulled his wig right, as if that, as well as his head and heart had been discomposed by his compunction, and once more became old Lucifer's and mine.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson