Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Knees, shoulders, elbows, buttocks and teeth collide with one another, fleetingly unbarring a glimpse into deeper space before they slide closed again.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2011

There was a noise and clamour downstairs beneath them—the sound of the slow unbarring of bolts, and angry voices without.

From Six Women by Cross, Victoria

They heard the challenge of the sentry within, and then the unbarring of the gates.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

And as soon as their parents had gone to sleep, he got up, put on his coat, and, unbarring the back door, went out.

From My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales by Harbour, Jennie

He could not get help from outside, even if he had someone whom he could trust, without the unbarring of doors, and considerable risk of detection.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various