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I will not attempt to describe the feelings with which the husband beheld the eyelids of his wife unclose, and the rose-tints return to the pallid cheeks.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

The fingers of Sergius closed over the china figure, and did not unclose.

From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens

In season due the sun's course backward throws Dark night; ensue must light; the mountain's Hard rock, at length, its bosom doth unclose, Now grudging earth no more the hidden fountains.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

All through the village all the windows unclose: At every window stands a child, early waking, To see what road the company is taking.

From Poems by Edward Shanks

Billy fumed and stormed, and fully felt the ridiculousness of his position, especially as he heard sounds of the neighbouring casements stealthily unclose, and suppressed indications of merriment issuing therefrom.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various

The gap in attainment between pupils from more and less affluent backgrounds also remains stubbornly unclosed, almost a decade on from it being made the government's "number one priority".

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

There’s a heart, too, and a jaw, and a semi-skeleton infant with an unclosed fontanel.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021

Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

In many of the unclosed cases, the investigations are in their early stages.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018

Mr. Mason shortly unclosed his eyes; he groaned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

When you sing, your entire vocal cord vibrates, with the elastic, fatty tissue of the vocal folds closing and unclosing with each vibration, which produce a sustained note.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011

Almost there seemed a whisper in the wind, a watchful and unclosing eye behind the dazzling sunshine: 'Surrender yourself to me, and I will care for you.

From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Algernon Blackwood

Once more—above those slender lines I bend me with suspended breath— The hand that traced them now reclines Clasp'd in th' unclosing hand of Death.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

"I will wait a little longer!" she said, unclosing her eyes, and rising and going to the lattice.

From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham

Her gaze rested anxiously upon him; she kissed his unclosing eyes, she kissed his hands amidst scalding tears.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall