unbar
Example Sentences
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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
“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 Ironside, John
She would have returned from her campaign with her baggage-train and her loot, and the palace would unbar its shutters and the morning flash back from its halls.
From The Spoils of Poynton by James, Henry
I will unbar the dungeon, Unloose the chain that binds him to the rock, And leave your interview without restraint.
From The Grecian Daughter by Murphy, Arthur
You practical English!—will you ever unbar the shutters of your brains, and hang a picture or two in those state-chambers?
From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by Ruskin, John
