loosen (someone) up

Examples of loosening

loosening

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The bootstrap allows inferences to be made directly from the actual data, while loosening the parametric assumptions that may not hold in a particular case.
However, there are concerns that any loosening of the rules could lead to a drop in participation by low-wage workers.
As clearly put, tightening the belts and wages of workers while loosening the market forces is a recipe for mismatch and discontent.
The key issue was the loosening of the rigid boundary between architectural researchers and practitioners.
We did not identify the bung loosening or the evisceration as risk factors for carcass contamination.
In some cases, the recovery of the communicated concept from the linguistically-encoded concept will involve both processes of narrowing and loosening.
Put another way, major supply-side reforms including the 'loosening' of labour markets would be induced by a political authority lacking political legitimacy.
Minimizing soil loosening during crop establishment will also contribute to a significant reduction in soil erosion in tropical smallholder cropping systems.
The severe economic slowdown allowed for the development of favourable coalitions and the loosening of old restrictions and political constraints.
Their main demand is for the loosening or abolition of the limits for investment of the technical reserves in specific financial instruments.
A democratic and an industrial revolution, conjoined, swept over men and cultures, loosening traditional ties and connections.
In the future, the loosening of social ties, frequent divorces and migration may lead to an increase in feelings of loneliness among older people.
Misalignment and mechanical loosening are mainly caused by improper installation of the machine.
Accordingly, weakening of the "thematic field" is associated with a loosening of perceptual context that may alter the organization or salience of the theme.
The facilitation of creativity in "pathological" states may result from an inherent loosening or associative elimination of contextual relationships.
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