unclose

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Bad dreams, and sad as bad, harass and perplex her, until she is thankful when her lids unclose and she feels at least she is free of the horrors that threatened her a moment since.

From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess

From his brows White, terrible in meekness, didst thou see The lifted eyes unclose?

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

And Psyche blush'd, though being alone, and rose To meet her sisters and herself unclose The gate that made them of her palace free.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

In season due the sun's course backward throws Dark night; ensue must light; the mountain's Hard rock, at length, its bosom doth unclose, Now grudging earth no more the hidden fountains.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Bulstrode looked wearily about as though of its own accord a door might unclose or a porti�re lift.

From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van