The roof's bolts have been deliberately loosened to foil invaders.

But Gooch's hold on the captaincy deliberately loosened by the selectors a few weeks ago has never looked less secure.

She remembered a story she had heard once, about a certain Pari-sienne lady who had deliberately loosened the strap of her evening gown to cause a diversion when her lover had appeared too interested in a rival.

The wooden floor around the Trophy is riddled with deliberately loosened boards that creak when you step on them.

I followed it back and couldn't determine if I'd simply tied it badly or if it had been deliberately loosened.

They must have been deliberately loosened.