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
In a moment she had unlatched the summer-kitchen door and flung it wide open.
From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Helen Beecher Long
Miss Prudence had settled herself comfortably, so comfortably that she was not conscious of inhabiting her body when Marjorie had unlatched the gate.
From Miss Prudence A Story of Two Girls' Lives. by Jennie (Drinkwater) Conklin Maria
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
Then she had unlatched her close-shut lips to add: “She goes there frequent, on business.”
From An Alabaster Box by Stockton Mulford
