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She had unclasped her hand, and was in the act of stepping forward, when Rachael caught her in both arms with a scream that resounded over the wide landscape.

From Hard Times by Dickens, Charles

Celia had unclasped the necklace and drawn it off.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George

She had unclasped it so that it now hung loosely on her, and flung back the hood so that the firelight made lambent flickerings in her hair.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

To my surprise, I discovered, however, that though I still remained in that position, my legs higher than my head, yet the arms of the chair had unclasped, and my bonds had been freed!

From Hushed Up! A Mystery of London by Le Queux, William

She had unclasped from around her neck the diamond necklace of old family jewels, and held it in the pool of her rosy palms, as though it were a mass of clear separate raindrops rainbow-kindled.

From The Mettle of the Pasture by Allen, James Lane