How to Use unbuckle in a Sentence

unbuckle

verb
Definition of unbucklenext
  • She unbuckled her seat belt.
  • The man unbuckled his reefer and dropped it to the floor.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • Arnold tried to unbuckle the baby from the stroller but was pushed away by the mother.
    — Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 30 May 2018
  • Skip to main content This 2-year-old girl unbuckled her own car seat to grab a toy from the back of the car.
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Steffl unbuckled his seat belt and stood in front of him.
    — Dan Joling, USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
  • Jackson crawled in on one side of the wreck to unbuckle the boy from his car seat, and Trejo pulled the child out from the other side.
    — Reuters, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The home plate umpire approached Megill and asked him to hand over his glove and hat and unbuckle his belt.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 June 2021
  • Correa gave the man a big hug and unbuckled his seatbelt with his thumb.
    — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Sam unbuckled his seat belt, placed his hand on my knee, and gazed into my eyes.
    — Kate Folk, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Her 6-year-old child had unbuckled everyone’s seat belts, but the 2-year-old was still in a car seat.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • Hebson unbuckled his seat belt, but said the man was still going through a seizure.
    — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2019
  • At that point, weightlessness will begin, and the crew will unbuckle and float freely around the cockpit.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 June 2021
  • Poindexter unbuckled his belt and pulled down his slacks.
    — charlotteobserver, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The boy told police that Flory emerged from the stall with his pants unbuckled and approached him from behind.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The woman unbuckled her seat belt and kicked the divider window between the cruiser's front and rear seats.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The driver told police the child had unbuckled himself during the ride.
    — Sarah Meehan, baltimoresun.com, 29 May 2018
  • The man managed to unbuckle his seat belt and jerked his head around, preparing to headbutt Downey, Owens said.
    — Lynh Bui, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
  • About five or six minutes into the flight, Damasy said, Cutland unbuckled her seatbelt and opened the door.
    — Sarah Tetaud, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Rob Picheta, CNN, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The victim pulled her pants up and told him to leave her alone, but Fiser attempted to unbuckle her belt and pull her pants down.
    — Christopher Roth, azcentral, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The mother told investigators the child knows how to unbuckle himself and get out of the car.
    — Fox News, 21 June 2022
  • Parents buckle their students on the bus and when the bus arrives at school, District 122 staff boards the bus and unbuckles the students, Manville said.
    — Susan Demar Lafferty, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2017
  • Seide opens the driver side door, as well, and appears to begin unbuckling Cobb’s seat belt with both hands.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The officer, who is white, asked DuBose to unbuckle his seat belt, and Tensing pulled on the door handle.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • One of the officers reached in through the passenger door to unbuckle the suspect’s seatbelt.
    — cleveland, 21 May 2021
  • The actor unbuckled a child from its car seat and pulled it safely from car wreckage with the assistance of a bystander.
    — Sharareh Drury, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Turner was able to unbuckle Pedrone's seat belt and hand her through the window to another man who swam out to help.
    — David Williams, CNN, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Anders stayed where he was told for a few moments before unbuckling as well.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 May 2017
  • Then after driving to a location - tracked by the car's GPS - two seatbelts were unbuckled and two car doors opened.
    — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 3 May 2018
  • When the perpetrator started to unbuckle his belt, Worthen broke free from the paralyzed feeling and was able to bolt from the room.
    — Sarah Klein, Health.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • This occurred after Collins continued to unbuckle his seatbelt and stand up on the flight.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024

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