unbar
Example Sentences
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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
The turnkey on duty that night went with the carriage to unbar the outer gate for it to pass.
From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
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 Ironside, John
"I'll have to jump over and unbar it," said Paul.
From Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West by Bonehill, Ralph
“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 Howard, J. J.
