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
He must have taken it with him, and quite deliberately, since it would have required time and effort to unfasten the wire.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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
Home for the busy man about Brazil these days is where he unfastens his seat belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Vivian unfastens the silk loops from their hooks at each side of the casing, letting the heavy paisley curtains fall across the glass.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Then she unfastens the tiny clasp in her right ear and surrenders the other pearl.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
It was a photograph of a young Newsom at some glitzy gala with the top two buttons of his white shirt unfastened.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2025
The maintainers next unfastened the warhead from the missile and placed it in a specialized truck.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Very quietly, so as not to wake Abby, she unfastened the zip of the tent.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
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
He unfastened the lid at the top of the cage and raised it.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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
Could this be the start of a major unfastening of the strictures she lives under?
From New York Times ● May 4, 2016
But it’s generally true that the unfastening is its own reward.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2012
I set Ma’s sneakers in front of her, and she slips them on without unfastening the Velcro straps.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
