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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

Then I unbar the doors; my paths lead out The exodus of nations; I disperse Men to all shores that front the hoary main.

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 J. M. (John Marcus) Dickey

As for the retainers, they waited for no order to unbar the gate for Mirliflor, being all eagerness to facilitate his departure.

From In Brief Authority by F. Anstey

What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the New Day burst!

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

“Why, if this fate my country waits, should war, “And not my love unbar to him the gates?

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

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

My lady waits!—'Tis now the hour   When morn unbars her gates!—

From Poems by George Pope Morris

At any hour of the day—I won't speak positively about the night—women may be seen at the unbars filling large earthenware jugs, coming and going, going and coming.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

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

While yet the anguish of it wrung my soul there came a hasty trampling in the corridor, the sentry's challenge, and then a quick unbarring of the door.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde

After a while there was a sound of stealthily unbarring window-shutters, followed by a voice demanding the reason of the tumult.

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by George William Curtis

He could not get help from outside, even if he had someone whom he could trust, without the unbarring of doors, and considerable risk of detection.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

He knocked, however, and rang boldly; and after a brief delay, and considerable noise of unbolting and unbarring, was admitted.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever