unclose

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I will not attempt to describe the feelings with which the husband beheld the eyelids of his wife unclose, and the rose-tints return to the pallid cheeks.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

Now and then a shuddering tremor would run through one of the bodies, and lips would move, and glazed eyes half unclose.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

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 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)

From his brows White, terrible in meekness, didst thou see The lifted eyes unclose?

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

"If it is now safe to unclose the companion-way, I will convey my niece to the cabin for a change of wardrobe."

From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt