unseal
verb (used with object)
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed.
was unsealing
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past progressiveof unseal.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was sobbing without tears, when I perceived another little note in the handwriting of the old man, her husband; it had slid between the pages as I was unsealing the first envelope.
From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Alphonse de Lamartine
"Singular," she pondered aloud and not without some signs of uneasiness as she examined the envelope which she was unsealing.
From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Eug?ne Sue
As Mr. Orcutt read these last lines, District Attorney Ferris was unsealing the anonymous missive which has already been laid before my readers.
From Hand and Ring by Anna Katharine Green
