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Then, a boy, did I first gaze enraptured on your infantile beauty; then did my heart unclose to the lovely vision which it has since treasured through years and absence, joy and sorrow.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
Who bade the grave its mouldering vault unclose?
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan
Dil gave a long, quivering breath, and it seemed as if her arms could never unclose again, so tight and fast did they hold their treasure.
From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas
Wide open floes Part and unclose Where the ship goes.
From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Jacob B. Bull
All through the village all the windows unclose: At every window stands a child, early waking, To see what road the company is taking.
From Poems by Edward Shanks
The gap in attainment between pupils from more and less affluent backgrounds also remains stubbornly unclosed, almost a decade on from it being made the government's "number one priority".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
There’s a heart, too, and a jaw, and a semi-skeleton infant with an unclosed fontanel.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
In many of the unclosed cases, the investigations are in their early stages.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018
He passed up the gallery very softly, unclosed the staircase door with as little noise as possible, shut it after him, and the last ray vanished.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
When you sing, your entire vocal cord vibrates, with the elastic, fatty tissue of the vocal folds closing and unclosing with each vibration, which produce a sustained note.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011
"Come and see," said Tituba, crossing a little span of open garret, and unclosing a door which led to the opposite gable.
From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
But the duchess presses a spring unclosing a secret drawer, from which she takes two packets of letters and some photographs.
From Majesty A Novel by Louis Couperus
She bent down to look at him now, smiling and unclosing her hand from his gently, so that she could look at her mother's face.
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
"Oh, he passed from the window, to save you the trouble of unclosing the gate."
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
