unbar

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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

Whilst Henri stood at the window, he heard someone unbar the door; and an old man came in with a basket, in which was a comfortable breakfast.

From The Fairchild Family by Rudland, Florence M.

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

What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the New Day burst!

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell

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