unbar
verb (used with object)
to remove a bar or bars from; open; unlock; unbolt.
were unbarring
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past progressiveof unbar.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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Whilst the soldiers were unbarring this door, the Marquis groaned, and wished he had never been born; and the poor Marchioness was obliged to lean upon Henri, or she would have fallen to the ground.
From The Fairchild Family by Florence M. Rudland
