unbuckle

Example Sentences

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Flight attendants restrained him further with seatbelt extenders because he continued to unbuckle his seatbelt, according to prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2022

I leaned down to unbuckle my boots, shouldering my pack to the ground for a final time.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

The chief claimed Solis had struck him while he was trying to pull her out of her car and she was trying to unbuckle her seat belt.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2021

When they got to Feighan’s apartment, the younger man went to unbuckle his seatbelt, only to have the partner throw his arm across his chest to hold him down.

From The Verge • Aug. 10, 2021

I knelt by him trying to unbuckle his harness, alarmed by the way he sprawled there, passive except for the great gasping rise and fall of his chest.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin