Example Sentences

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Mother, when she was unpicking my old blue dress to-day, she found the money in the lining, inside the lining, both the notes, and the silver too.

From One of Life's Slaves by Muir, Jessie

Ross followed, bowed distantly to Kate, who was unpicking a dress, and took a chair.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

She was unpicking the lining of a dress, and the strips were scattered around her.

From Madame Bovary by Aveling, Eleanor Marx

Then, in her agony, she became aware that the creature was unpicking the lead!

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest