unclasp
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Harriet's sister, Caroline, and her friend Debbie, had managed to unclasp each other's seatbelts and get out of the plane, Harriet explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
This time he was told that he would not be able to unclasp his hands until the psychiatrist touched his head.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is all his handlers can do to get him to unclasp his hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alex took off his other glove, then fumbled around trying to unclasp the cross he always wore around his neck.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
She reached up to unclasp the pendant’s chain.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
And that famous shot of Hans falling to his death from an upper floor after McClane unclasps the watch from his wife’s wrist?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2018
"Bruiser" Frank Brody, mid-30s, preparing to wrestle, unclasps his black hair from a ponytail, douses it under a tap and lets it hang limp and long about his huge shoulders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lauren doesn’t take her in but lifts her bag up onto her shoulder and unclasps her hands.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Caesar unclasps his leather holster, inspects his guns and cartridges.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Singe unclasps the bag's strings and disappears inside of it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Nurses removed his USC jersey, unclasped his USC watch, slipped off his USC shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
The green uniformed guard at Club CotonTchad’s gate did his own double take at me when I dismounted my bicycle and unclasped my helmet.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2018
Two people unclasped their hands to allow Beth and me to join.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2018
He removed my wallet, phone and keys; unclasped my wrist watch and the Fitbit my kids had given me for my birthday; and patted down my legs.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2016
Gaskill unclasped his hands and spread them out, palms upwards, in front of him.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Sadia is nervous as she speaks, clasping and unclasping her hands, breaking down and re-composing herself.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2015
Before unclasping the velvet rope from its bollard and suffering to admit us, she issues a command with clipped command and a regal undersigh of exasperation: “Tuck your shirts in, boys.”
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2014
A tall, studious, stooping man who talked with a faint lisp, he had a habit of clasping and unclasping his long, sensitive hands during periods of silent meditation.
From Time Magazine Archive
Waiting anxiously and alone in the main committee room, Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, sponsor and President of the Conference, paced up and down, clasping and unclasping his slightly rheumatic knuckles.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Just for a minute,” I said, unclasping it.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
