unlatch
verb (used with object)
to unfasten (a door, window shutter, etc.) by lifting the latch.
had unlatched
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past perfectof unlatch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I reached into the box that had unlatched on its cross-country trip without me.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2021
Weldon had unlatched the door, and the two men passed into the sitting-room.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Edgar Saltus
But once he had unlatched it, once it stood open to the hillside and the sky, and he free in the embrasure, he lost all his cringing aspect.
From The Four Corners of the World by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
“We’d much rather not, thank you,” said Ambrose with a slight shudder, and in another second he and David had unlatched the door, scudded down the garden like two frightened rabbits, and joined their father.
From Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children by L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie) Brooke
And they beheld the sword of Sir Tristram where it lay, for he had laid it upon the bed when he had unlatched the belt to make himself ready for that bath.
From The Story of the Champions of the Round Table by Howard Pyle
