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

In that era, debt was still punishable by imprisonment, and prison gates were almost ready to unbar in hospitable welcome to Marguerite and D'Orsay.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson

I will unbar the dungeon, Unloose the chain that binds him to the rock, And leave your interview without restraint.

From The Grecian Daughter by Murphy, Arthur

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

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

You practical English!—will you ever unbar the shutters of your brains, and hang a picture or two in those state-chambers?

From Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work by Ruskin, John