1. He unbent his mind by reading detective stories.

2. In her dying days the old Queen unbent a little.

3. At the party even the professors unbent and told jokes.

4. Even Isay unbent a little, and grinned at a raven-haired wench when she made a lewd pluck at his staff.

5. She unbent enough to ask us in for something to eat.

6. The judge unbent and behaved like a boy.

7. Trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber.

8. But surrounded by family and friends at Balmoral, Sydney Morse declared, Victoria unbent enough to speak a few words in the general direction of the Graphophone's mouthpiece.

9. She was very formal at first, but then she unbent a little and told a joke.