work its way loose

One power coupling had worked its way loose.

Atop the battlements, we stared at one another, and a last desperate laugh caught in my throat worked its way loose.

"It seems to have worked its way loose," I explained guilelessly, batting my eyes at the nearest redcoat.

She had tied her hair back, but soon it worked its way loose and flopped around her face exactly as she had intended.

Chili Davis was still playing and a 500-pound expansion joint was working its way loose within the third deck of Yankee Stadium, getting ready to fall.

It would try to work its way loose, but if it were stuck in mud or its turbines fouled, another pod would have to come out and replace it.

"I think that's obvious," she said to Kevin, and the giggle managed to work its way loose after all, starting out as a tiny chuckle, then burgeoning into a laugh that shook her whole body.

All the while, he said, above the firefighters was a 40,000-pound slab of concrete that dangled from the roof, in danger of working its way loose from what remained of the ninth floor.

The driver's side rear wheel worked its way loose, and by the time we pulled over, three lug studs had sheared off and a third was bent, leaving the wheel attached with just one lug nut.