Sample sentences for EXTRICATE

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Definition

free or remove from constraint or difficulty

She was caught in the wreckage and could not extricate herself without help.

extricate = free

Inspiration offered an idea on how to extricate herself from what looked to be another long lecture about her behavior.

extricate = free

She extricated herself from beneath the blanket and snuck out of the room.

extricated = removed

She extricated herself from his embrace and said "goodnight."

extricated = freed

  Mona reached into his mouth for his tongue.
  Ralph, jaw agape, laughed.
  "Won't come out," Callie told her sister.
  Still Mona pulled, giggling, until finally Ralph extricated her wet fingers and closed his mouth firmly and bounced her on his knee to distract her.
Gish Jen -- Typical American

extricated = removed

"Come on," I say in exasperation, extricating myself from his grasp but not before he gets in another kiss.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

extricating = freeing

...I became convinced he was trying to figure out a way not to hook up with me, that I never should have suggested the idea in the first place, that it was unladylike and therefore had disgusted Augustus Waters, who was standing there looking at me unblinking, trying to think of a way to extricate himself from the situation politely.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

extricate = remove

I had a feeling he was trying to extricate himself, although he'd had little luck thus far.
Sarah Dessen -- Lock and Key

extricate = free from constraint or difficulty

(Pozzo extricates himself with cries of pain and crawls away.)
Samuel Beckett -- Waiting for Godot

extricates = frees from constraint or difficulty

Will and Marcus were struggling on the ground before Marcus was finally able to extricate himself.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song

extricate = free or remove from constraint or difficulty

  "And I want that homing contraption out of Mr. McDaniels," added the Agent.
   ...
  "Extrication is a bit unpleasant but harmless."
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege

extrication = removal

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

He laughed at my expression as he extricated himself from my arms and legs.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse

extricated = freed

He fought with all his strength to extricate himself from the mud and the water, only succeeding in being sucked deeper into its grasp.
William P. Young -- The Shack

extricate = free

Doreen extricated a black scrap from her bundle and dropped it in my lap.
Sylvia Plath -- The Bell Jar

extricated = removed

Instantly I began to extricate myself and crawl back again, with what speed and silence I could manage, to the more open portion of the wood.
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Treasure Island

extricate = free or remove from constraint or difficulty

if things got complicated, he extricated himself, somehow managing to make it seem like it was the most selfless of gestures, instead of just the opposite.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

extricated = removed

It took us twenty minutes to extricate ourselves, at which point I left Emily with some girls she knew and finally went looking for Sophie.
Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen

extricate = free

I take the opportunity to extricate my arm and rise.
Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants

extricate = free

Holly managed to extricate her fingers a nanosecond before they snapped like brittle spaghetti.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

extricate = free

Every time, though, he extricated himself and went back, perhaps to a different spot, to get a different angle on the game.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

extricated = released from entanglement or difficulty

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