Example Sentences

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Two young women were unlocking their bikes from a pole when I approached them.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2024

They were unlocking the game’s secrets, the stuff competitive players take for granted now: which letters to play off, which to keep, when to play a phony, how to win.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2014

The next morning I was at the lower Fifth Avenue store as they were unlocking the doors.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2010

It was Wednesday morning just as Father and I were unlocking our workbenches that Peter’s little sister Cocky burst into the shop.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In perhaps five minutes they were unlocking the last door, and Kendric heard beyond the whining of the puma.

From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson