unlace
verb (used with object)
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
had unlaced
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past perfectof unlace.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She had unlaced her hand from his, and had turned in her seat to face him with her decision.
From The Combined Maze by May Sinclair
But, turning about for a while, I saw that he had unlaced his left boot and was holding it out.…
From Foe-Farrell by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Some one had unlaced his hunting-shirt—for he saw the strings were not as he usually tied them—and had dressed the wound.
From The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey
Walker had unlaced their outfit, and Billy was busy preparing a meal when Bucky returned.
From Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail by James Oliver Curwood
But after she had unlaced and, hair unbound, stood staring vacantly about her, she remembered the desk; and drawing on her silken chamber-robe, went into the writing-room.
From The Firing Line by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
