unfastening
- present participle of unfasten.
Example Sentences
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Unfastening a latch, Kendra pushed the window open.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Unfastening the rude gate, they entered; and the boy presently rode forth on a beautiful buckskin pony, well made and spirited.
From The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Unfastening the binding of the loose leaf album she hastily shuffled the sheets and brought into an orderly array on the table before me ten photographs all taken at the age of one year.
From City of Endless Night by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)
Unfastening his geologic hammer from his belt, he managed, with a sharp, swinging blow, to break off a small protruding piece.
From The Long Voyage by Jacobi, Carl Richard
Unfastening my bag, I took out my revolver, without which I never travel, and looking carefully to the loading and capping, fastened it to my waist with a handkerchief.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
