Unfastening

The unfastening was a matter of very few moments, and then with the painter in hand he worked right beneath the cabin-window, when Mr Gregory slid down and joined him. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

“Mmm,” the king responded mildly, fastening and unfastening the catches on the curtained windows. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

“You can start by unfastening the buttons down the back.” ❋ The Scent Of Jasmine (2011)

Then came the problem of unfastening the suit, which was tangled in the straps of his pack and the alien sword. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seconds later, she felt his fingers gently unfastening the clasp on her necklace. ❋ Cheryl Faye (2011)

Tara wrestled with the rope holding the pentacle, succeeded in unfastening it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The ends of his fingernails thread her hair away from the flesh of her neck, unfastening a noose. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After gently unfastening the elastic strap keeping his dearest musings safe from prying eyes, little literary artiste Evan Stansky penned a few more darling thoughts into his clothbound Moleskine notebook Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of course, that was it, and so she began unfastening it, though somewhat unwillingly. ❋ Diane Lee Wilson (2010)

“Drive right by,” William said, unfastening his seat belt. ❋ Janet Chapman (2010)

Rose realizes then that she has been rather an inactive member of this team and her hands reach out in search of his belt buckle, find it, and begin the suddenly far more difficult than it should be task of unfastening what she is now sure is a complex and annoying alien device. ❋ Amberfocus (2008)

Then his ravishing hand was inside my torn blouse, unfastening my front-hook bra. ❋ V.C. Andrews® (2010)

This is a hairstyle that I loved until some girls on my street decided they needed to see my barrette without unfastening it first. ❋ Mishna Wolff (2010)

I loved their Tshirt material style bras but now, yeah, no, they don't even last 6 months before a seam has worn out on the side from fastening and unfastening. ❋ Wolfsilveroak (2010)