Unstringing [verb]

"Now I pray thee to unstring it again," handing it to the bowman.

That such emotion could so unstring Louis Arnold was a marvel.

Away then to loosen, to unstring the divine bow, so tense, so long.

Do not unstring the bow too often while shooting; once in every six double ends is quite enough, unless there are many shooters.

He paused long enough to unstring the bow and put it back in the quiver.

And the power of the mind lies in keeping the mind tense; to unstring it is to ruin it.

The father taught his son how to string and unstring the bow, and also how to attach the arrow to the string.

Unstring thy strong bows for the sake of our liberal lords, O bounteous Rudra, be gracious to our kith and kin.

There is one who shall chasten this body of thine, put out thy torch, and unstring thy bow.

An earnest, fluent talker, who could unstring his bow and throw a charm even over ordinary topics.