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Billy fumed and stormed, and fully felt the ridiculousness of his position, especially as he heard sounds of the neighbouring casements stealthily unclose, and suppressed indications of merriment issuing therefrom.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various

Bulstrode looked wearily about as though of its own accord a door might unclose or a porti�re lift.

From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van

All doors open to him, while to you ordinary mortals they only unclose when you knock as honest finders of property, or--rascally seekers.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul

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

As she had fainted in falling she had not suffered much, and soon we had the supreme delight of seeing her eyes unclose.

From Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth by Green, Anna Katharine