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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Some sat in a corner, whispering their wishes that Archer would unbar the doors and give up.

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

Still he began to unbar, though grudgingly, and in half a minute we had the door loose.

From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman

"Dinah North," said Harrison, solemnly, "I have a message for you, which you dare not gainsay—I command you to unbar the door and receive us instantly."

From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Susanna Moodie

“She is within and safe; Natalya is with her,” came Yossof’s quavering voice, as he labored to unbar the gates.

From The Red Symbol by John Ironside

The book’s final moments are breathless, if suspiciously flimsy—it isn’t until the very last sentence that Monk unbars “the great gate” and is freed.

From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2017

Will the sun forget to streak Eastern skies with amber ray, When the dusky shades to break He unbars the gates of day?

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Then, when the sacred senate votes the wars, The Roman consul their decree declares, And in his robes the sounding gates unbars.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Behold! a hand unbars the door, Ye shall be captives held no more.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

At any hour of the day—I won't speak positively about the night—women may be seen at the unbars filling large earthenware jugs, coming and going, going and coming.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

As a result, its classification was changed from unbarred spiral galaxy to barred spiral galaxy.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022

Eventually, we decided that my father would not recover, and so, instead of continuing to try to stave off death, we unbarred the door and began to wait.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017

In both barred and unbarred spiral galaxies, we observe a range of different shapes.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

Handel’s vocal writing can be fiercely demanding, nowhere more so than in the Angel’s opening aria, “Be unbarred, ye gates of Avernus,” in which Liv Redpath, a soprano, displayed lovely tone and fine agility.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2014

The fetters would not keep fastened; the doors unbarred themselves.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Knees, shoulders, elbows, buttocks and teeth collide with one another, fleetingly unbarring a glimpse into deeper space before they slide closed again.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2011

Whilst the soldiers were unbarring this door, the Marquis groaned, and wished he had never been born; and the poor Marchioness was obliged to lean upon Henri, or she would have fallen to the ground.

From The Fairchild Family by Florence M. Rudland

Daddy Skinner heard the horse coming down the hill,62 heard Frederick as he said his low, "Good-night, my darling," and unbarring the door, the fisherman waited impatiently for his daughter to enter the shanty.

From The Secret of the Storm Country by Lucius W. Hitchcock

There was a noise and clamour downstairs beneath them—the sound of the slow unbarring of bolts, and angry voices without.

From Six Women by Victoria Cross

The door swung open at once, without any unbarring from within.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill