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The sound was so startling that the greyhound leaped to his feet and set up an answering howl, which almost froze Katie with fright, and caused even Mrs. Gerome’s heavy eyelids to unclose.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
I will not attempt to describe the feelings with which the husband beheld the eyelids of his wife unclose, and the rose-tints return to the pallid cheeks.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
When he did unclose his eyes, to blink for a moment, he saw that the stars were still vivid in the blue-black sky overhead.
From The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
The fingers of Sergius closed over the china figure, and did not unclose.
From Bye-Ways by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Bad dreams, and sad as bad, harass and perplex her, until she is thankful when her lids unclose and she feels at least she is free of the horrors that threatened her a moment since.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
The gap in attainment between pupils from more and less affluent backgrounds also remains stubbornly unclosed, almost a decade on from it being made the government's "number one priority".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
There’s a heart, too, and a jaw, and a semi-skeleton infant with an unclosed fontanel.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
Oscar De La Hoya began by speaking in metaphors, describing a series of unclosed doors and visits to hell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
In many of the unclosed cases, the investigations are in their early stages.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2018
Legolas already lay motionless, his fair hands folded upon his breast, his eyes unclosed, blending living night and deep dream, as is the way with Elves.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
When you sing, your entire vocal cord vibrates, with the elastic, fatty tissue of the vocal folds closing and unclosing with each vibration, which produce a sustained note.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2011
Immediately followed that sound from the lake which I can liken to nothing better than the smack of huge lips unclosing, or the suck of a thick body drawing itself from a bed of mud.
From The Thing from the Lake by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)
“No,” moaned Millet, unclosing his eyes, and speaking in a hoarse whisper—“my old friend—an accident—sir—an accident.”
From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville
Then, unclosing her eyes she looked at him, delicate lips tightening.
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
She bent down to look at him now, smiling and unclosing her hand from his gently, so that she could look at her mother's face.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
