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unclasp

[uhn-klasp, -klahsp] / ʌnˈklæsp, -ˈklɑsp /


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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

I unclasp the pin and hold it out to her.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

The vendor of sliced cucumbers attempted to unclasp her fingers.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Lauren doesn’t take her in but lifts her bag up onto her shoulder and unclasps her hands.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Ben reaches behind his back and unclasps something.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

The catalogue librarian, John Myers, unclasped the book’s old cover and sat down to see what was inside.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2018

Gaskill unclasped his hands and spread them out, palms upwards, in front of him.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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

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

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

She’s clasping and unclasping her hands, staring hard at her lap.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen


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