Verb (used with object), : to unbar a door. From Dictionary.com.
Kane with shaking fingers began to unbar the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon of Skulls]
For Winter to unbar the gates and let the rivers run. From Wordnik.com. [England over Seas] Reference
“It does make a noise if you unbar the door,” said. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
Tahara and Maman, while S ` lam fetched a soldier to unbar the gate. From Wordnik.com. [In the Tail of the Peacock] Reference
He could probably unbar the door and slip out without waking anyone. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
"All right," said Bars, beginning to unbar the door, "But what do you". From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
"Won't you please unbar the door for us?" called Phil and Madge in chorus. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid] Reference
Shopkeepers were told to unbar the shutters and commence business as usual. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
The girl knew that she could unbar the closed door of her heart if she chose. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
She laid Amy back on the floor, and hobbled across the room to unbar the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand] Reference
Directly he hears them beginning to unbar he opens the carriage-door and looks in. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
It was only when he reached the gate and tried to unbar it that he realised he couldn't make it. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
All the Lowara horses knew how to lift latches, unbar gates, or find the weak spot in any fence. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddler Fair]
She rose, trembling with fear, to unbar the entrance, and beheld a man closely muffled in a cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
In fact, the giant, the moment he saw Tom, ran to unbar and open the door of the cab on that side. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails] Reference
The guard instantly ordered me to unbar the doors and come out, or they would break the house down. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
I am nearly sure that I heard him unbar the front door. From Wordnik.com. [Eleanor] Reference
All you have to do is to unbar this door and let us in. '. From Wordnik.com. [Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century] Reference
She handed him his hat and stick, and turned to unbar the door. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1] Reference
Let the Hours unbar, draw back the clouds, and open the doors of. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
As for the retainers, they waited for no order to unbar the gate for. From Wordnik.com. [In Brief Authority] Reference
Its doors unbar instantaneously to a natural claim of their own kind. From Wordnik.com. [Essays — Second Series] Reference
"She wants me to unbar the window," thought Peter, "but I won't, not I!". From Wordnik.com. [Peter Pan] Reference
'She wants me to unbar the window,' thought Peter, 'but I won't, not I.'. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Wendy] Reference
She managed to creep to the window and unbar the shutter an inch or two. From Wordnik.com. [The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy] Reference
He might hear a word that would unbar the door he had striven so long to open. From Wordnik.com. [Idolatry A Romance] Reference
The outer shutters remained closed, and he did not unbar them, but stood listening. From Wordnik.com. [In Kedar's Tents] Reference
"Then why did you not come to the side entrance instead of forcing us to unbar here?". From Wordnik.com. [Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch] Reference
Nathless, he was fain to unbar the door in order to keep it from being battered down. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Hood] Reference
The Admiral directed one of the gentlemen, named Le Bonne, to go down and unbar the gate. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS] Reference
Then to hasten to the street door, unbar it, and admit Sergius were scarce a minute's work. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference
Doors unbar before them, and they are a passport to the hearts of everybody, young and old. From Wordnik.com. [Character] Reference
Zarah not the smallest chance that they would unbar the door for her, or suffer her to pass. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Heroes A Tale Founded on Jewish History] Reference
They did not dare unbar the door and let him forth; they tried all they could to solace him. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by English Authors: Germany (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
They did not dare unbar the door and let him forth: they tried all they could to solace him. From Wordnik.com. [A Dog of Flanders] Reference
Kindness and human fellowship will unbar and unbolt where all other forces may clamor in vain. From Wordnik.com. [What Can She Do?] Reference
If you would know this, reader, come with me down the dungeon steps and unbar yonder dark door. From Wordnik.com. [The Slowcoach] Reference
Dan Dalzell ran to unbar the door, after accomplishing which he turned to view what might follow. From Wordnik.com. [The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports] Reference
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