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Billy fumed and stormed, and fully felt the ridiculousness of his position, especially as he heard sounds of the neighbouring casements stealthily unclose, and suppressed indications of merriment issuing therefrom.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
Who bade the grave its mouldering vault unclose?
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan
And Psyche blush'd, though being alone, and rose To meet her sisters and herself unclose The gate that made them of her palace free.
From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges
Disclose, dis-klōz′, v.t. to unclose: to open: to lay open: to bring to light: to reveal.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
He who dwelt in the fair damsel, even the noble demon Beelzebub, Spirit of Pride, never deigned to unclose his teeth.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet
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
In other words: Once again on “Succession,” a big deal remains unclosed.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
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
Legolas already lay motionless, his fair hands folded upon his breast, his eyes unclosed, blending living night and deep dream, as is the way with Elves.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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
His babes shall linger at the unclosing gate!
From The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir by William Collins
Two fair young forms, with arms interlaced, and heads inclined towards each other, the one with locks of rippling gold, the other of soft, wavy brown, seemed watching angels to her unclosing eyes.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Caroline Lee Hentz
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
After pausing a little, he again, without unclosing his eyes, began to feel for Dahl's hand, and pulling it, said: "Now, let us go then, if you wish; but together."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various
