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Example sentences for "unlace"

Lexicographically close words:
unknowingly; unknown; unknowne; unknowns; unknownst; unlaced; unlacing; unlade; unladed; unladen
  1. What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus Shak.

  2. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

  3. Now I had but one fear, namely, that they would unlace me; so that it must be understood that my reply was not uttered in braggadocio but was meant to forestall any possible unlacing.

  4. And I've made you unlace me, Captain, when you thought I was croaking, and it was all I could do to keep from snickering in your face.

  5. Well, if, at the end of the ten days, when you unlace me, I smile up at you in the same way, will you give a sack of Bull Durham and a package of brown papers to Morrell and Oppenheimer?

  6. But unlace me they did, rolling me out of the fetid jacket and upon the floor, an inert, helpless thing.

  7. Well, we're going to unlace you," he growled.

  8. I took off my coat, and they were obliged to unlace their dresses, the bodices of which were lined with fur.

  9. It fell on to her breast, and she would have recovered it with her fingers; but I claimed the right of regaining it myself, and she had to unlace her bodice to let me do so.

  10. And then Sir Bors alighted and avoided his horse, and there they dashed together many sad strokes; and long thus they fought, till at the last Sir Bromel was laid to the earth, and there Sir Bors began to unlace his helm to slay him.

  11. THEN the king, at the queen's request, made him to alight and to unlace his helm, that the queen might see him in the visage.

  12. Snell, unlace my casque; I must thank you for him as a gift, for he is now mine own.

  13. By this time the king had shivered his lance, and some of the attendants ran up to unlace the fallen man's helmet, when, to his surprise, Sir Osborne beheld the countenance of Sir Payan Wileton.

  14. I told him that I was not feeling well, and that he must lay me on the grass, and when I was lying there, I told him I was choking, and that he must unlace me.

  15. No, I shall merely get her to unlace me; it will relieve my chest, for I can scarcely breathe.

  16. Now, if you can unlace my back-plates a little, I'll see what I can do towards curling up.

  17. Now, if I may trouble you to unlace my back and front plates two holes more, I'll try that fascinating bend that you say is so easy.

  18. Tosilos meanwhile was trying to unlace his helmet, and he begged them to come to his help at once, as his power of breathing was failing him, and he could not remain so long shut up in that confined space.

  19. And the injured husband retired to unlace his boots.

  20. His two sons got off his chest, and Teddy climbed on his back in readiness, as his father sat up and began to unlace his boots.

  21. Then the king, at the queen's request, made him to alight and to unlace his helm, that the queen might see him in the visage.

  22. And then Sir Bors alight and avoided his horse, and there they dashed together many sad strokes, and long thus they fought, till at the last Sir Bromel was laid to the earth, and there Sir Bors began to unlace his helm to slay him.

  23. Then you needn't be in the same difficulty any more on my account, for in future I shall unlace my own boots.

  24. You see, we didn't know who had got to unlace your boots,' she explained hastily.

  25. Isn't there anybody over there who would like to unlace my boots for me?

  26. They are full of health and can take care of themselves, while here I lie with hardly strength enough to unlace myself.

  27. Jane sat up and began to unlace her corsets, her yellowish wrists and bony finger working behind her back.

  28. Once he went up-stairs to his own little room out of the nursery and sat down where he had always sat when Sheelah unlaced him, before he had begun to unlace himself, and stood up where he had always stood when Sheelah unbuttoned him.

  29. He unpinned her hat, took off her coat as a nurse removes a child's coat, kneeled down to unlace her boots, kissed each slim instep, and carried all the things neatly away to their bedroom.

  30. He sat down by the fire, before which his wife had set his slippers, but he did not unlace his boots.

  31. Still, best risk it and take off your face so that you have decent wash," and he began to unlace the mask on his master's head.

  32. Now for a wash," said Alan, "unlace this confounded mask, Jeekie.

  33. Ruth, beginning to unlace the flaps of the rear wall of the tent.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unlace" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    detach; disengage; doff; free; liberate; loose; loosen; release; remove; unbind; unbuckle; unbutton; unchain; unclasp; undo; unfasten; unlace; unlatch; unleash; unlock; untie