unclasp
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Harriet's sister, Caroline, and her friend Debbie, had managed to unclasp each other's seatbelts and get out of the plane, Harriet explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
It is all his handlers can do to get him to unclasp his hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time he was told that he would not be able to unclasp his hands until the psychiatrist touched his head.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alex took off his other glove, then fumbled around trying to unclasp the cross he always wore around his neck.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Finally, I unclasp them and try to examine them on the down low.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
And that famous shot of Hans falling to his death from an upper floor after McClane unclasps the watch from his wife’s wrist?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2018
"Bruiser" Frank Brody, mid-30s, preparing to wrestle, unclasps his black hair from a ponytail, douses it under a tap and lets it hang limp and long about his huge shoulders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lauren doesn’t take her in but lifts her bag up onto her shoulder and unclasps her hands.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
From the saddle, he unclasps a leather sack, stuffs something into his pocket.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
He unclasps the latches and raises the lid.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Nurses removed his USC jersey, unclasped his USC watch, slipped off his USC shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
The green uniformed guard at Club CotonTchad’s gate did his own double take at me when I dismounted my bicycle and unclasped my helmet.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2018
Two people unclasped their hands to allow Beth and me to join.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2018
He removed my wallet, phone and keys; unclasped my wrist watch and the Fitbit my kids had given me for my birthday; and patted down my legs.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2016
One had a three-fingered claw that clasped and unclasped for no apparent reason.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
Sadia is nervous as she speaks, clasping and unclasping her hands, breaking down and re-composing herself.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2015
Before unclasping the velvet rope from its bollard and suffering to admit us, she issues a command with clipped command and a regal undersigh of exasperation: “Tuck your shirts in, boys.”
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2014
Waiting anxiously and alone in the main committee room, Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, sponsor and President of the Conference, paced up and down, clasping and unclasping his slightly rheumatic knuckles.
From Time Magazine Archive
A tall, studious, stooping man who talked with a faint lisp, he had a habit of clasping and unclasping his long, sensitive hands during periods of silent meditation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Achara kept glancing down, clasping and unclasping his hands.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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