Example Sentences

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Even without a stage, that is theater: a performance that unlatches the mind.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2021

At that moment, I grabbed the girl around the torso and pulled her away from the cage and it unlatches from her claw.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2019

She unlatches her purse, clutches his slippers, slides them into the dark can, hides them between bags of trash.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2013

Dr. Martin unlatches a cage near the back gate.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Etienne unlatches the little door beside the wardrobe.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr