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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
Uncle Pullet had seen the party from the window, and made haste to unbar and unchain the front door.
From Tom and Maggie Tulliver by Eliot, George
The young girl hastened to unbar the door, which was locked from the inside, and as Imre entered she threw herself into his arms, while he pressed her fondly to his heart.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór
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
What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the new day burst.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
