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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

Some sat in a corner, whispering their wishes that Archer would unbar the doors and give up.

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Edgeworth, Maria

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

“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

What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the New Day burst!

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell