Examples of “unbolt” in a Sentence

verb To open something by pulling back its bolts.

• Then I hid the knife I kept under my pillow, cleaned the dust from my shoes, and carefully unbolted the door. — Jeffrey Goldberg, ‘Prisoners’ (2006)
• A young orangutan in the San Diego Zoo became famous for unbolting the screening of his crib, removing the wires, and moving through the zoo nursery, unscrewing lightbulbs. — Edward Tenner, 'Our Own Devices' (2003)
• Diesel engines roar, trailer trucks rumble over the streets and an air wrench screams as a worker at the tire repair shop on the corner unbolts a wheel from a sanitation truck. — Anthony Depalma, ABOUT REAL ESTATE; TRANSFORMING A WEST VILLAGE WAREHOUSE INTO OFFICES (1985)