Unlocked

Examples

• The manager stopped and unlocked a door and opened it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• She darted across to a writing-desk, unlocked it, and drew out a long blue envelope. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I alone possess the key, and the gate is never left unlocked. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• This was an invitation for Oliver to enter through a door which he unlocked as he spoke, and which led into a stone cell. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• There was a door in the kitchen, communicating with the forge; I unlocked and unbolted that door, and got a file from among Joe's tools. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The door at the bottom was closed, but unlocked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The little parlour-maid came out, with the key in her hand; and looking earnestly at me as she unlocked the gate, said: 'I beg your pardon, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• For answer, man unlocked one of the secrets of Nature and took out a terrible force. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mr. Letterblair unlocked a drawer and pushed a folded paper toward Archer. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But come, the back door is unlocked; there's an axe there, I put it there,--his room door is open; I'll show you the way. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The lecturer unlocked the outer door and ushered us into his room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had unlocked the door that led to the deck, and we were through it in a rush. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• When he was gone I unlocked my bureau, made sure that my treasure was safe, and locked it again. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He pushed against the garden-gate; it was unlocked, and swung open on its hinges. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He turned the key, and unlocked the drawer as he spoke. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I unlocked the door, I plunged in. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Brunton then unlocked the box, handed up the contents presumably--since they were not to be found--and then--and then what happened? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• After the lapse of a week or so, the Jew left the room-door unlocked; and he was at liberty to wander about the house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Colonel Lysander Stark stopped at last before a low door, which he unlocked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She went to the bureau, unlocked it, and took from an inner drawer a few folded sheets of paper. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• At five o'clock she rose, unlocked her trunk, and took out a sealed packet which she slipped into the bosom of her dress. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The next morning, at day-break, I summoned sufficient courage, and unlocked the door of my laboratory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She unlocked the desk, took from it a roll of bills, which she counted over rapidly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They unlocked the door of the hutch. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• As I ran down the passage, my sister's door was unlocked, and revolved slowly upon its hinges. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Holmes unlocked his strong-box and held up the blue carbuncle, which shone out like a star, with a cold, brilliant, many-pointed radiance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Suddenly, as I looked, he rose from his chair, and walking over to a bureau at the side, he unlocked it and drew out one of the drawers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It's still unlocked--what luck! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Meanwhile Sir Percival unlocked a cupboard beneath one of the book-cases, and produced from it a piece of parchment, folded longwise, many times over. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Half an hour later, when Archer unlocked his own front-door, he found a similar envelope on the hall-table on top of his pile of notes and letters. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.

Typist: Zamenhof