unclasp
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Harriet's sister, Caroline, and her friend Debbie, had managed to unclasp each other's seatbelts and get out of the plane, Harriet explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
It is all his handlers can do to get him to unclasp his hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
This time he was told that he would not be able to unclasp his hands until the psychiatrist touched his head.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vendor of sliced cucumbers attempted to unclasp her fingers.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Finally, I unclasp them and try to examine them on the down low.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
And that famous shot of Hans falling to his death from an upper floor after McClane unclasps the watch from his wife’s wrist?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2018
"Bruiser" Frank Brody, mid-30s, preparing to wrestle, unclasps his black hair from a ponytail, douses it under a tap and lets it hang limp and long about his huge shoulders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Singe unclasps the bag's strings and disappears inside of it.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Ben reaches behind his back and unclasps something.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
She unclasps the long silver chain that hangs around her neck, checking the time on the pocket watch that hangs from it before she holds it up in front of Poppet’s eyes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Nurses removed his USC jersey, unclasped his USC watch, slipped off his USC shoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
The green uniformed guard at Club CotonTchad’s gate did his own double take at me when I dismounted my bicycle and unclasped my helmet.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2018
Two people unclasped their hands to allow Beth and me to join.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2018
He removed my wallet, phone and keys; unclasped my wrist watch and the Fitbit my kids had given me for my birthday; and patted down my legs.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2016
Joseph lifted his suitcase onto Frankie’s bed and unclasped it.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
Sadia is nervous as she speaks, clasping and unclasping her hands, breaking down and re-composing herself.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2015
Before unclasping the velvet rope from its bollard and suffering to admit us, she issues a command with clipped command and a regal undersigh of exasperation: “Tuck your shirts in, boys.”
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2014
A tall, studious, stooping man who talked with a faint lisp, he had a habit of clasping and unclasping his long, sensitive hands during periods of silent meditation.
From Time Magazine Archive
His hands, gently clasping and unclasping as he stood before the crowd, had about them the same pink and cherished look that made his face glow with majestic infancy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Achara kept glancing down, clasping and unclasping his hands.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
