unclasp
verb (used with object)
were unclasping
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past progressiveof unclasp.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 left the room for a few minutes, and when I came back their hands were unclasping, and for a Discarded Knight the engineer surely wore a happy though pallid face.
From A Knight of the Cumberland by John Fox
