unclose
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All doors open to him, while to you ordinary mortals they only unclose when you knock as honest finders of property, or--rascally seekers.
From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse
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
That wailing voice pierced the stupor, and Dr. Grey was surprised to see the woman’s eyes unclose and rest wonderingly upon the countenance hovering over her.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
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
The man nodded, but did not unclose his eyes, and Clifford, after turning the gas low, went quietly out, taking care to close the door softly after him.
From The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
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
Mr. Mason shortly unclosed his eyes; he groaned.
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
Once more—above those slender lines I bend me with suspended breath— The hand that traced them now reclines Clasp'd in th' unclosing hand of Death.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
Then, unclosing her eyes she looked at him, delicate lips tightening.
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
At the first sign of returning animation Herbert crept just behind his wife’s pillow, where he could see the first unclosing of the drooping lids.
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
"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
