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Example Sentences

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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

It takes only a minute to cross the hall and unbar the front doors.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the new day burst.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)

On the weed-grown path beside him lay a revolver, as if he had dropped it out of his hand when he started to unbar the gates.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

"The time is not yet up," returned Brian, beginning to unbar the door, and he laughed at the mocking voice.

From Nuala O'Malley by Bedford-Jones, H.