UNLOCK in a Sentence

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For UNLOCK, below is one of 66 sentences:
Her first proceeding there was to unlock a tall press, bring out several bottles, and pour some of the contents of each into my mouth.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNLOCK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unlock
 v.  open the lock of
 v.  set free or release
Classic Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1  "I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen," observed Jo mysteriously.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
2  He had the cunning to unlock and re-lock the door, without shutting it; and when he should have gone to bed, he begged to sleep with Hareton, and his petition was granted for once.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
3  Her first proceeding there was to unlock a tall press, bring out several bottles, and pour some of the contents of each into my mouth.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
4  It is not upon this occasion the instrument of evil, but it will rather prove to be the key which will unlock our mystery.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
5  The sound of his voice, the touch of his hand were softly unlocking doors that she had locked forever.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
6  She flung on her dressing-gown to answer the summons, and unlocking her door, confronted the shining vision of Lily Bart.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
7  When she knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's door one afternoon there was no response; so unlocking the door, as usual, she entered and found the apartment deserted, as she had expected.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
8  'Now, I'll manage better this time,' she said to herself, and began by taking the little golden key, and unlocking the door that led into the garden.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII. A Mad Tea-Party
9  When I got to the three log doorsteps I heard them unlocking and unbarring and unbolting.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII.
10  After all, I remained up there, repeatedly unlocking and unstrapping my small portmanteau and locking and strapping it up again, until Biddy called to me that I was late.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
11  We began the search at once; Mr. jorkins unlocking the drawers and desks, and we all taking out the papers.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
12  Beth was postmistress, for, being most at home, she could attend to it regularly, and dearly liked the daily task of unlocking the little door and distributing the mail.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
13  Holmes turned to his desk and, unlocking it, drew out a small case-book, which he consulted.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
14  The guards went to and fro opening, closing, locking, unlocking the doors.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
15  The other snarled aloud into a savage laugh; and the next moment, with extraordinary quickness, he had unlocked the door and disappeared into the house.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
Example Sentence:
1  She was most insistent that we shouldn't leave the door unlocked.
2  He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry.
3  He unlocked the car and threw the coat on to the back seat.
4  I never waited for to look further, but unlocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as ever I could.
5  The opening up of nearly thirty European countries to Chinese tour groups unlocks whole new vistas for the narrow but growing slice of the population with the disposable incomes to take advantage of it.