unfasten
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For 12 days, we shared every moment and, surrounded by the kind of beauty only a remote bay in the Pacific could afford, I felt something unfasten in my chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
To serve the cheesecake, run a knife around the outer edge to loosen it from the pan, then carefully unfasten the sides of the pan and transfer the cheesecake to a cake plate or stand.
From Fox News ● Dec. 16, 2021
Operators are supposed to unfasten all of the seat belts after each ride so the next load of people can be buckled in.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Turn off the heat, allow the pressurized steam to escape, then unfasten the lid and check for doneness; you want your beans to be very tender and quite creamy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2018
I unfasten the wire next to the pine tree, legs like rubber, hardly holding me up.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The bearded guy in front of us unfastens his earflaps and says, chuckling, “Haven’t you guys ever stood in line for beer before?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
One Atlanta man unfastens his seat belt, and turns off his hearing aid, as soon as he starts his new Impala.
From Time Magazine Archive
Home for the busy man about Brazil these days is where he unfastens his seat belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gloria unfastens her helmet, hangs it on her handlebar, and sighs.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
I give it a press and the clasp unfastens.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Very quietly, so as not to wake Abby, she unfastened the zip of the tent.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
Sempill and Dollfus, whose belts were unfastened, were flung out.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
By magnifying the grooves, engineers confirmed the “backed off” or unfastened nut hadn’t been tightened enough, which led to other parts misaligning, then a loss of lubricating oil.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
At the end of the transect, Riis stopped at another parlous roadside spot, unfastened the net and removed the small bag at its tip.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2018
The books on the book shelf were gone; the padlocked closet stood open, empty; the unfastened lock swung open from the hasp.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Kondo brought garments to life, like kites in the sky with voluminous silhouettes created by fastening and unfastening buttons.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Fastidiously spend a couple of minutes unfastening all the straps before you can sit down?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019
“Help me! I am here,” Mr. Capello replied, unfastening his seatbelt, and climbing over the seats, through the smashed rear window.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
But it’s generally true that the unfastening is its own reward.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2012
He ran down the steep stairs and found her on the first landing, breathing heavily and unfastening the oilskin coat.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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