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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 Meredith Nicholson

She is the blush of morn first caught by earth, When seraph hands unbar the gates of heaven, And from its courts bright beams of glory stream.

From Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts by Jane Alice Sargant

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

From Warrior of the Dawn by Howard Browne

"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

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

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

Soon as to Ilion's topmost tower they come, And awful reach the high Palladian dome, Antenor's consort, fair Theano, waits As Pallas' priestess, and unbars the gates.

From The Iliad by Alexander Pope

See, the Muse unbars the gate; Hark, the monkeys, how they prate!

From Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift Irish Tracts, 1720 to 1734 by J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly

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

It sounded like the cry of a child, and Offero hastily rose up and, unbarring the door, looked out.

From In God's Garden Stories of the Saints for Little Children by Amy Steedman

And, unbarring the front door, she presently admitted the trio returning to claim the fruits of their honest labor.

From Waring's Peril by Charles King

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

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