unfasten
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For 12 days, we shared every moment and, surrounded by the kind of beauty only a remote bay in the Pacific could afford, I felt something unfasten in my chest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
To serve the cheesecake, run a knife around the outer edge to loosen it from the pan, then carefully unfasten the sides of the pan and transfer the cheesecake to a cake plate or stand.
From Fox News ● Dec. 16, 2021
Operators are supposed to unfasten all of the seat belts after each ride so the next load of people can be buckled in.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2021
Turn off the heat, allow the pressurized steam to escape, then unfasten the lid and check for doneness; you want your beans to be very tender and quite creamy.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2018
Katya had to unfasten her straps and climb up out of the cockpit to prove that she and her crew were ready for combat.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The bearded guy in front of us unfastens his earflaps and says, chuckling, “Haven’t you guys ever stood in line for beer before?”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
One Atlanta man unfastens his seat belt, and turns off his hearing aid, as soon as he starts his new Impala.
From Time Magazine Archive
Home for the busy man about Brazil these days is where he unfastens his seat belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vivian unfastens the silk loops from their hooks at each side of the casing, letting the heavy paisley curtains fall across the glass.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
I give it a press and the clasp unfastens.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
It was a photograph of a young Newsom at some glitzy gala with the top two buttons of his white shirt unfastened.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2025
An old friend used to call these neither-here-nor-there realms the “zero world” for the way they feel unfastened from reality, parallel to daily life but separate.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2024
The maintainers next unfastened the warhead from the missile and placed it in a specialized truck.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Very quietly, so as not to wake Abby, she unfastened the zip of the tent.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
I dropped the coils of string and unfastened the knife as I ran.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
Kondo brought garments to life, like kites in the sky with voluminous silhouettes created by fastening and unfastening buttons.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Anita Klemencic of Slovenia stayed upright for a good long while, unfastening her skis more quickly than do some.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 10, 2022
Fastidiously spend a couple of minutes unfastening all the straps before you can sit down?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2019
“Help me! I am here,” Mr. Capello replied, unfastening his seatbelt, and climbing over the seats, through the smashed rear window.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
“He needs me,” I said, finally unfastening the BiPAP myself.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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