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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

That one, instead of standing his ground, was seeking to reach and unbar the corridor door.

From Warrior of the Dawn by Howard Browne

Who would unbar the gate of life, to re-admit them to existence? or what face would greet them back again to our world with a smile?

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

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 John Ironside

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

From The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson

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

When she hears that it is Mak she unbars the door, but when she sees what her husband brings she is afraid.

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall

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

They were so wrought and poised upon their huge hinges, posts of steel driven into the living stone, that when unbarred they could be moved with a light thrust of the arms, noiselessly.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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

He could be heard unbarring the outer door.

From The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer

At last, he remained somewhat longer at the gate, and bent his head more cautiously to hear; then, noiselessly unbarring and unlocking the door, he leaned out.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Charles James Lever

The door swung open at once, without any unbarring from within.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

And as soon as their parents had gone to sleep, he got up, put on his coat, and, unbarring the back door, went out.

From My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Jennie Harbour