unclose

Meetings and partings, tokens, serenades, Tears—idle tears—and coy denials vain; Flower of the summer's rose, Say, will your leaves unclose Ever again?

From The Two Twilights by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

All doors open to him, while to you ordinary mortals they only unclose when you knock as honest finders of property, or--rascally seekers.

From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse

All through the village all the windows unclose: At every window stands a child, early waking, To see what road the company is taking.

From Poems by Edward Shanks

He who dwelt in the fair damsel, even the noble demon Beelzebub, Spirit of Pride, never deigned to unclose his teeth.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet

Not one did I actually see unclose, yet, all of a sudden, they were awake, the fields once more a blaze of gold.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Elizabeth Ashe

The gap in attainment between pupils from more and less affluent backgrounds also remains stubbornly unclosed, almost a decade on from it being made the government's "number one priority".

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

There’s a heart, too, and a jaw, and a semi-skeleton infant with an unclosed fontanel.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

In many of the unclosed cases, the investigations are in their early stages.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018

He passed up the gallery very softly, unclosed the staircase door with as little noise as possible, shut it after him, and the last ray vanished.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

When you sing, your entire vocal cord vibrates, with the elastic, fatty tissue of the vocal folds closing and unclosing with each vibration, which produce a sustained note.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011

Jumping out of bed, I went to the window, and unclosing the shutter, I saw Edward's carriage rolling away along the avenue, and ours being packed in the court below.

From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton

She stood, as she always did, when she had something difficult to face, her long hands straight at her side, her hands slowly closing and unclosing, her eyes fixed upon some far distance.

From The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary by Sir Hugh Walpole

Almost there seemed a whisper in the wind, a watchful and unclosing eye behind the dazzling sunshine: 'Surrender yourself to me, and I will care for you.

From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Algernon Blackwood

Ewing thrilled with a sudden alertness, his purpose growing in his eyes, his hands tensely closing and unclosing.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Harry Leon Wilson