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  • verb Present participle of unclasp.

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Examples

  • Not only are hands grasping and squeezing, they are also periodically unclasping and finding other hands.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • In preparation to dismount, he covered both her hands with his, gently unclasping and pulling them away from his waist.

    Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

  • In preparation to dismount, he covered both her hands with his, gently unclasping and pulling them away from his waist.

    Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

  • Not only are hands grasping and squeezing, they are also periodically unclasping and finding other hands.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • With an openmouthed kiss on her collarbone, he pulled the shirt open, one side then the other, but he fumbled at unclasping her transparent bra from the front.

    Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010

  • Gerdi opened the flap to another one by unclasping a little metal tab, and reached in to pull out a bag of lunch, grinning.

    Loser/Queen Jodi Lynn Anderson 2010

  • She pulled at my cuff links, clasping and unclasping them.

    Why I Did the Grocery Girl 2010

  • She looked down at her hands, still clasping and unclasping them in her lap.

    Tough Customer Sandra Brown 2010

  • A reader pulls me aside from a throng, unclasping her gold bracelet bought in Bethlehem to reveal the Shema, in Arabic.

    On Pesach Eve: The Muslim and Her Inner Jew 2010

  • Poppy looked down at her hands, which she was clasping and unclasping.

    Firestorm! Joan Hiatt Harlow 2010

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