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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
Still he began to unbar, though grudgingly, and in half a minute we had the door loose.
From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John
That one, instead of standing his ground, was seeking to reach and unbar the corridor door.
From Warrior of the Dawn by Browne, Howard
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
In that era, debt was still punishable by imprisonment, and prison gates were almost ready to unbar in hospitable welcome to Marguerite and D'Orsay.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
