unbuckle

We had to unbuckle the icebox from the bracket to access the clean-out port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

I told them, ‘You need to unbuckle my boot because I’m in so much pain.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

"I managed to unbuckle myself, used my leg to push through that opening, and crawled out," Vishwashkumar Ramesh told Indian state media DD News.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

Faye said she took off her mask so her seatmate could hear her and said “on the count of three I’m going to unbuckle him. We’re going to pull him out.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024

When he pulled up the driveway and reached over to unbuckle his seatbelt, I held him back.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

He unbuckles his seat belt and slides out of the car when he says, “A lot of my friends are dying.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2017

For instance, autopilot mode is designed to first issue a series of warnings, and ultimately slow the car to a stop if the driver unbuckles his seat belt or gets out of his seat.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015

Poulin unbuckles this Germanic syntax and pares away words that obscure the image: Our heart survives between hammers, just as the tongue between the teeth is still able to praise.

From Time Magazine Archive

She pulls the body over and unbuckles him from the harness.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Balekin unbuckles his belt and hands it over to the servant.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

After the clinching interception, James made sure no one could forget the performance as he unbuckled his helmet, leaned in close to the cameras in the end zone and flashed a bedazzled smile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024

Alex Ovechkin unbuckled his chin strap and watched from the end of the bench as defenseman Rasmus Sandin went down clutching his left knee against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023

I suspect your neighbors wouldn’t leave their children unbuckled if they knew it was illegal, or if their attention had been drawn to the benefits of buckling.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

Buckle Up: Studies show that unbuckled passengers in the back seat can put the driver at greater risk of injury in a crash.

From The Verge ● Feb. 16, 2022

He unbuckled his belt and tightened it again.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

He said he had just parked and was unbuckling his son from his seat when he noticed the creature standing just feet away from his car.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

Footage shows passengers on Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight unbuckling their seatbelts and floating around, experiencing zero-gravity.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023

These insects can generate exceptionally loud sounds by rapidly buckling and unbuckling drumlike structures on their bodies called tymbals.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 10, 2022

Romo’s incident followed Max Scherzer’s spectacle, finding himself unbuckling his belt in the middle of an inning before an umpire felt the Washington Nationals ace’s sweaty hair for any foreign substances.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

Liam waited until Chubs had raised his hand and knocked before unbuckling his seat belt to lean over and give me a light kiss.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken