The rope straightened out, and the knot snapped loose.

The coupling snapped loose and just at that instant, the water started to pour out of the end of the tubes.

Then the buckle of his belt snapped loose and he fell free of the paddle.

She put her hands to the helmet and twisted, and the mask snapped loose.

Suddenly, the car slipped as Sullivan came off the apron, and the back end snapped loose.

He swerved in front of us, a cord snapped loose and a garbage bag whipped off and sailed over our car.

He had the dazed feeling that if he let go, his skull might snap loose and roll off his neck.

But then the cable anchoring it to the tug snapped loose.

Swiveling in his chair, Wade swept the desk lamp to the floor, producing darkness even before it struck, because the cord snapped loose.

Lense was full-out shouting now, feeling the restraints of her well-honed emotional self-control snapping loose.