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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
"Dinah North," said Harrison, solemnly, "I have a message for you, which you dare not gainsay—I command you to unbar the door and receive us instantly."
From The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) by Susanna Moodie
That one, instead of standing his ground, was seeking to reach and unbar the corridor door.
From Warrior of the Dawn by Howard Browne
From amid these heterogeneous articles he reached down a great key and slipping it into his pocket, proceeded to furtively unbar, unlock and let himself out into the young morning.
From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol
“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
But when the night-wind wakes and thrills The shadows that the night unbars, Their music fills the dreamy hills, And folds the friendly stars.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
It was not in such a fashion that I had thought to see my mission to Canaples accomplished; I had dreamt of gratitude, and gratitude unbars the door to much.
From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Rafael Sabatini
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
Daddy Skinner heard the horse coming down the hill,62 heard Frederick as he said his low, "Good-night, my darling," and unbarring the door, the fisherman waited impatiently for his daughter to enter the shanty.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Lucius W. Hitchcock
He could be heard unbarring the outer door.
From The Golden Scorpion by Sax Rohmer
He had flattered himself that she was slowly unbarring the gates.
From The Furnace by Dame Rose Macaulay
We hear the unbarring of the house door, and a comely maiden, in her Sunday dress, welcomes us politely to her ground-floor sitting-room.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Horatio Robert Forbes Brown
