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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Still he began to unbar, though grudgingly, and in half a minute we had the door loose.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
"Some one is surely in distress," said Shakespeare, rising, "suffer me to unbar the door."
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
"Wait while I unbar the door," called Redward to the fugitive, at the same time directing the others to assist him in removing the barricade.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Etym., débacler, French, to unbar, to break up as a river does at the cessation of a long-continued frost.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
The book’s final moments are breathless, if suspiciously flimsy—it isn’t until the very last sentence that Monk unbars “the great gate” and is freed.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2017
Will the sun forget to streak Eastern skies with amber ray, When the dusky shades to break He unbars the gates of day?
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Hitherto, whenever, "I've wandered in dreams," it has generally been my unlucky fate to lose all distinct recollection of them before "The morn unbars the gates of light."
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Money unbars all doors but heaven's, and Medway has plenty of money.
From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Behold! a hand unbars the door, Ye shall be captives held no more.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
As a result, its classification was changed from unbarred spiral galaxy to barred spiral galaxy.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
Eventually, we decided that my father would not recover, and so, instead of continuing to try to stave off death, we unbarred the door and began to wait.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
In both barred and unbarred spiral galaxies, we observe a range of different shapes.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Handel’s vocal writing can be fiercely demanding, nowhere more so than in the Angel’s opening aria, “Be unbarred, ye gates of Avernus,” in which Liv Redpath, a soprano, displayed lovely tone and fine agility.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2014
Ahead of her, the heavy wooden doors to the palace were closed, but a smaller door set within them was unbarred, and she went to the door and pushed it open.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Knees, shoulders, elbows, buttocks and teeth collide with one another, fleetingly unbarring a glimpse into deeper space before they slide closed again.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2011
We wait receptively, unbarring all our rust-hinged doors to welcome the true favors that now find us.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin
He had some difficulty in unbarring the door, but succeeded after many endeavours.
From A Little Hero by Mrs. H. Musgrave
A few hurried words in Iroquois were the reply, and Susan congratulated herself on having spoken before unbarring the door.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
The door swung open at once, without any unbarring from within.
From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill
