unbind
verb (used with object)
to release from bonds or restraint, as a prisoner; free.
had unbound
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past perfectof unbind.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The lieutenant, complying with my request, had unbound the wallet and was flirting out its contents in fan-like fashion like a hand of cards.
From The Firefly of France by Marion Polk Angellotti
Not for years had he wept, but it was that little prayer which had unbound the flood-gates and allowed the tears to well forth.
From If Any Man Sin by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
The soldiers had unbound her hands—for that little chance of life was to be granted her.
From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
I came as fast as I could between the boulders--I am not built for running--Tse-tse had unbound the girl's hands and she leaned against him.
From The Trail Book by Mary Hunter Austin
Take this little token, sweet Lucy," said he, throwing about her neck the chain and casket which he had unbound from his own—"take this little token of Ralph Colleton's gratitude for this night's good service.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms
