How To Use Opened In A Sentence

  • Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
  • The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
  • Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production. Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs | /Film
  • Less than a minute later he had gone past the courts, down a stairwell and opened the fire door.
  • A fisherman's son opened this beachside restaurant, which stretches down into the sand. Times, Sunday Times
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  • So I opened each pod one by one, plucking the beans inside.
  • And strips of cloth had been tied around the reserve chute so that it could not be opened either. The Sun
  • Prissy, looking up, saw her and her mouth opened to yell.
  • The market opened 100 booths selling South Korean clothes on 2,600 square meters of floor last August.
  • She said she opened one of the books and saw the name Eileen Adams written inside. FOXNews.com
  • It's safe to say that Burke Lake anglers have caught literally tons of bluegills, crappie, largemouth bass and other stocked gamefish since it opened.
  • He beat on the man's muscular arm, trying to pull himself free as the man opened up the door.
  • And strips of cloth had been tied around the reserve chute so that it could not be opened either. The Sun
  • (How far can he get without a license or credit cards .. or the help of close relations?) opened with testimony from the "jailbird" and his arresting officers Baltimore Crime
  • By the early 1990s, Disney and Warner Brothers studios opened retail stores selling animation art.
  • But the howling vacuum had opened up inside her again, with its endless vistas of nothingness and no return, the harlequinade of grasping, painted lovers. Shortcut Man
  • He clomped into the kitchen and opened the dishwasher.
  • Mr. SOARIES: Robert Tilton, Robert Tilton is a so-called televangelist who was discovered to have gotten prayer requests accompanied by money and then when an investigative reporter went behind his church he found all of those prayer requests dumped unopened. NPR Topics: News
  • The artist uncrated it on a broad gallery that opened off the dining room, apparently for the admiration of friends and family.
  • Flight Through the Ages, which opened with a picture of Icarus and his wax wings, melting when he flew too close to the sun. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
  • Thousands of people flocked to the Malton Racing Stables Open Day, when 18 stables around Malton and Norton opened their doors to a fascinated public.
  • A fine perspective opened out before us.
  • Flynn said Hilton denied owning a small plastic "bindle" containing 0.8 grams of cocaine powder that the police lieutenant said fell out when Hilton opened the purse to get a tube of lip balm. CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports
  • We are hoping that the pier will be fully opened within two weeks but some of the rides may take longer to replace.
  • Hats off to two enterprising ladies who have opened up a ladies and gents hair salon at Cloneen.
  • Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting.
  • The door opened and Dr Aziz, a tall cadaverous man entered. A SEASON IN HELL
  • He tried other doors: one opened into a former barn, now a workshop.
  • I sucked and gargled and gulped my man down until his toes opened and closed and he started grabbing and clutching the sheets, moaning out my name. Deep Throat Diva
  • The hotel first opened its doors in 1849 and was given a full refit four years ago. The Sun
  • Suddenly the door opened and a man burst in exclaiming: ‘Trescothick's gone first ball!’
  • Indeed, literature is full of fabulations wherein the world of a rat or dog is opened up magically to our vision.
  • Just then the door opened and in stepped a wiry bearded man, who was mumbling to himself and skittering around cattishly.
  • The solid rank of police officers lining the courtroom opened to let them pass.
  • The market re-opened for the sale of fat cattle and sheep.
  • The play opened last week to universal acclaim.
  • After about two hours of tweets mentioning the lay-off, Philip Brasher broke the silence, also with a tweet: "Saddest part: DM Register opened bureau nearly 80 yrs ago to cover ag policy when Wallace became ag secy. Paula Crossfield: Why Laying Off Ag Reporter Philip Brasher Is Bad for Food
  • Stradbally had opened in whirlwind fashion and had two goals on the scoreboard as an expected rout began.
  • It documents dozens of cases where security forces opened fire on peaceful protests. Times, Sunday Times
  • On Thursday, police say, 23-year-old Wellington Oliveira talked his way into his former elementary school in a working-class western outskirt of Rio de Janeiro and opened fire with at least one of two revolvers he carried. Brazil Mourns the 12 Killed by Gunman
  • The present Kew Bridge was opened by King Edward VII and is correctly named "King Edward Bridge".
  • And there's a good reason for that: Iron Man 2 opened to a strong week and recharged the public imagination on all things superpowerful. How Not To Act Like A Superhero
  • He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.
  • He combed his fingers through his short cropped hair and opened the door.
  • Yet afterwards, when accustomedness had brought its reward of speed, there was still for Billy no time; for increased knowledge had only opened the way to other paths, untrodden and alluring. Miss Billy -- Married
  • Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, has been accompanied by results of a most interesting and impressive nature, and has created new conditions, not in the routes of commerce only, but in political geography, which powerfully affect our relations toward and necessarily increase our interests in any transisthmian route which may be opened and employed for the ends of peace and traffic, or, in other contingencies, for uses inimical to both. State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
  • A new branch has been opened to serve clients in East London.
  • Yes | No | Report from hunterkid94 wrote 43 weeks 6 days ago ive caught plenty and ive just opened the trap and they ran away. always b armed tho. if they r foaming from the mouth u will have to shoot it. When you catch a Racoon or oppossom in a live trap what do you do with it?
  • I stood up and opened the door to find Leon just standing there.
  • She waited to tell him of her decision until the main doors of the school opened, as if to greet them, and the girls streamed through in varying degrees of sullenness and exultation and prettiness and slouching disarray.
  • She opened the back door only to see thrown down on the lawn an empty can of her bully beef and, to make matters worse, an empty tin of her cat's food!
  • Soon, Laemmle moved west and opened a movie studio on a 230-acre ranch north of Hollywood.
  • Opened in 2007, the family-run Forte S ā o Jo ā o da Barra is part of a small but growing band of hotels running countercurrent to the wave of mass tourism that has swept over much of the Algarve region during the past 40 years. Portugal's Alluring Hideaways
  • I only wish that some one had opened the exit door before I passed through it.
  • This Greek congregation afterwards bought a church in Brooklyn (St. Elias, 1892), and there was no Ruthenian church in Manhattan until the Greek Catholic church of St. George was opened in 1905. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
  • Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.
  • Not sure I can visualise the little carts – but the multitude of vibrant flowers described with intense joy opened a triumphal way to the vision of that extraordinary gypsy lady whose beauty and style impressed you so much. Gens du voyage - French Word-A-Day
  • Ford opened the door and hopped in just as the light changed and traffic started to move again.
  • He opened a stout wooden door. Times, Sunday Times
  • Amaiya opened her mouth to reply, but her hands flew to her ears as a banshee wail hammered the sky.
  • The wide mouth of Yell Sound, leading to Sullom Voe opened up to port.
  • The private school opened in 1994 and has 32 pupils, who are generally taught in classes of 14 pupils.
  • And the Gospel of Mark would declare that on my im - mersion, the heavens opened and I saw "a spirit like a dove descending. The Gospel according to the Son
  • In the not too distant future one morning all her friends are going to wake up to find that her status is six unopened milk bottles. The Sun
  • Bunbury was staring in awful fascination at Windrush, who opened his mouth to wreck the entire con - hook, line and sinker. THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PRINCE
  • Abaft the hatchway was a door on the starboard side which I opened, and found a narrow dark passage. The Frozen Pirate
  • He says intending buyers will be aware that more blocks will be opened up in the area, and may judge that it will be in their interest to wait.
  • After Kent's first bite of crisp crusted, light, opened crumbed baguette he said, "You bought this. Meet Norton
  • He opened a drawer in his writing-table.
  • May 01, 2009 DUSHANBE, April 30, 2009 (RFE / RL) -- The Iranian Fars News Agency has opened a news bureau in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, RFE / RL's Tajik Service reports. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  • As soon as she laid her hand on the doorknob the door opened from the inside and she jumped back with a start.
  • There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe.
  • Whether it is ever opened depends largely on what happens in the coming weeks.
  • I opened it and looked at that brilliant and terrible tongue which we call a blade; and I thought that perhaps it was the symbol of the oldest of the needs of man. Tremendous Trifles
  • After a second's wait -- snortingly impatient on Mr. Wilder's part; he was being pressed close by the none too clean citizens of Valedolmo -- the door was opened a very small crack by a frowsy jailoress. Jerry
  • He talked about landslides in previous monsoons that had opened gaping chasms in the cliff behind the village.
  • With Beijing for the electronic entertainment venues of the "ban", the network of "recreation hall opened, " the ad is gradually increasing.
  • This shows that there must have been a doorway which opened at right angles to the line of the bailey wall.
  • Therefore, any food container that bulges or swells may contain gas produced by C. botulinum and should not be opened or tasted.
  • Following the evening sessions, there was a Cafe opened in the fellowship hall so that everyone could have a light meal and spend time visiting old friends, and making new ones.
  • He realized that they were coming from his bathroom and he opened the door slowly to see that the window was open and there was a big, black feather on the floor.
  • The show opened as a surreal oasis of calm and culture in a tense and jittery city. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Duke has also opened up the rooftops, offering glorious views of church spires and domes. Times, Sunday Times
  • As I climbed higher a wonderful view opened out before me.
  • She watched in satisfaction as he opened the present.
  • ~ -- Ores, &c., containing antimony are best opened up by boiling with hydrochloric acid or aqua regia; treatment with nitric acid should be avoided wherever possible, since it forms antimonic acid, which is subsequently dissolved only with difficulty. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • The general secretary opened the congress on global warming.
  • Someone had opened a window and the cool morning breeze drifted in and ruffled the white hospital curtains.
  • Far ahead, a door opened and a buff man stepped out.
  • He hastily opened the missal and started the opening prayer.
  • A scampering noise beat across the ceiling before a little trapdoor opened with a dull thud, previously completely invisible to all in the bar.
  • A Health Club opened up in the Mall, and was quickly oversubscribed. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
  • Her mouth opened, and stayed so, as her pale eyes widened under the close bonnet she wore.
  • Many of them opened bistros or little restaurants with big ideas and some dog-eared paperbacks.
  • He padded aft and opened the door to a waterproofed electrical panel. CORMORANT
  • He didn't attempt to swat it a third time, but opened the door, and stumbled downstairs, wailing. SACRAMENT
  • The militants first opened fire from the top of a hillock when the jawans were in a regular patrol in the area.
  • The precision in diagnosis is greatly improved, and entirely new possibilities for therapy have been opened up via the hybridoma technique. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984 - Presentation Speech
  • She opened the tie box and looked at her purchase. It was silk, with maroon stripes.
  • Then I opened up my bipods, stuck the barrel through, and got comfortable.
  • We ran to the end of the hall, the hotel shaking the whole time, and opened the door.
  • In addition to mechanical thrombolysis, the vessel may be opened with a balloon (angioplasty). Thrombolysis
  • When he opened his eyes the dirigible was making another turn, less precipitous than before and — he hadn’t realized, but now saw through ragged gaps in the fog — at a lower altitude, some two hundred feet above what looked like a low fennish grassland, with scarcely a single tree in sight. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
  • He maintained his ascendancy in the third round, landing a hard left hook which opened another cut, this time on Williams' right eye-lid.
  • After a year of construction and a weeklong postponement of the original opening date -- leaving die-hard fans champing at the bit -- Vivienne Westwood, the storied British fashion label, has finally opened its first U.S. store, on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Vivienne Westwood Opens First US Shop In West Hollywood
  • A door opened and slammed shut again at the far end of the hallway.
  • With Todd Kabel in the irons, Bachelor Blues set a pressured pace early, then opened a two-length lead through a half-mile in: 46.26.
  • The famous star Celine was huzzahed before she opened her mouth.
  • He opened his mouth to answer but was cut short by a loud booming noise.
  • The College is an institution that opened its doors to those didn't have the financial resources or social connections necessary for admission to the Ivy League.
  • An inquest was opened and adjourned at Oxford coroner's court. The Sun
  • The ground opened up below him and he sunk into the sand, leaving the stone behind.
  • The hotel opened shortly before the conflict began three years ago. Times, Sunday Times
  • She opened her eyes to look around the room she was in, but could only see dim shapes in the ghostly moonlight.
  • Finally a gorge opened into a cuplike valley to and from which there was only this one entrance and exit, marked in pines and rubbly slopes. Archive 2007-09-30
  • The train emerges from the foliage and comes to a stand for the crossing gates to be opened.
  • The was a light knock on the door and Sister Nicci stood wringing out Cassandra's hair and shaking her hands then opened the door.
  • College life opened up a whole gamut of new experiences.
  • The cheese was rather high, and tended to crumble when we opened the tin, but it was quite edible.
  • Martin contented himself by picturing his brother-in-law's surprise on Sunday morning when he opened his EXAMINER and saw the article on the treasure-hunters. Chapter 9
  • Vicki opened the door excitedly and gaped at everything.
  • When she opened her eyes again it was as if she were seeing Arien for the first time. The Night Of the Solstice
  • A nice dark roast, I could tell the beans were fresh as soon as I opened the package.
  • But they referred to something more - the museum's spirit of innovation, exemplified by its new £4 million wing, The Works, opened in 1999.
  • He opened his mouth - which was curved up with a slightly crooked grin - to speak, but thankfully the elevator tinged and the doors hissed open.
  • According to a recently opened exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion," the muse lives on as the fashion model who inspires masses of women to dress in ways that capture the spirit of the age. Where Have All the Muses Gone?
  • Laura put the receiver down and made tea, opened the biscuit box and selected a chocolate gold grain. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
  • They can be opened to guest users, which will obviate the need for logins and passwords.
  • I opened the door and went in, still struck by the sheer comfort and luxury of the room.
  • hits is hitting, felt that the head fierce ache, the skin pruritus hard to endure and so on untoward effect ..." Dr. Yang has opened some analgetic pill to her.
  • After his hospital visit, Mr Brown was chauffeured to open the Feltham Skills Centre, which opened its doors in September and already serves 300 students.
  • No more would the swaggies need to walk as the crow flies as the Princes Highway was opened, linking Sydney to Adelaide via Melbourne.
  • There's nothing as beautiful as an early-morning dewy newly-opened rose.
  • An th 'chilt might ha deed, and t' cattle might ha strayed, and t 'geyats might ha opened o' theirsels! The History of David Grieve
  • There's an extra layer of underfloor storage beneath the boot floor, and the rear window can be opened separately from the tailgate.
  • We see America's character in Dr. Tony Recasner, a principal who opened a new charter school from the ruins of Hurricane Katrina.
  • The Internet has opened up a marketplace where sellers and buyers are virtually unknown to each other.
  • Jason detoured from his route to the bar and opened the door.
  • • Wednesday: $21 billion in reopened 10-year notes will be sold. Treasury to Sell $124 Billion in Securities
  • Her eyes, velvet-black in the shadow upcast by the lamp, opened slowly. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
  • But the Terminator had already opened its hand and Victor was plummeting earthward. T2: INFILTRATOR
  • One of the main provisos of getting it re-opened was to get 15 qualified lifeguards to patrol the popular spot but none have come forward despite applications closing today
  • The Angelus had opened, and light, from behind the door, had flooded the room with radiance. NEVERWHERE
  • Under the most dangerous conditions, the combination was solved and the safe opened…. the naval cipher book was delivered to an agent, who came to the door of the chancery, had the pages photostatted and came back at 4:40 a.m. Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs
  • As he looked down at his tiny godson, the infant opened his eyes, turned his head, and stared straight up at the glass screen. DEATH SPEAKS SOFTLY
  • The scuppers, or the devices to allow the water to drain off the decks have been opened - they're normally in a closed position.
  • Opened in 1994, the Channel Tunnel is the longest undersea subway in the world. Breaking News - The Post Chronicle
  • Dispatches opened with footage of a young man curled up by his front door, whimpering in pain and despair. Times, Sunday Times
  • Jimmy then sprung up, opened the door, and saw his four best buddies.
  • The Breadalbane and Lake Ontario expeditions have opened a new era in underwater archaeology, Nelson says.
  • A national discount chain had opened several warehouse outlets in a geographic region the retailer had long dominated.
  • Carefully, he opened the incision with a pair of forceps, revealing her skin's thick red underlining.
  • A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.
  • A minute after, the door slowly opened its upper half, and Karen's wrinkled face and white cap and red shortgown were before them. The Hills of the Shatemuc
  • There have been problems with the pitch since the new stadium opened just over two years ago. The Sun
  • He opened his little sacrament case and took out the big missal which was his own property, bound in costly mother-of-pearl. THE THORN BIRDS
  • After a while the door opened and a man entered, looking immaculate in a Russian uniform.
  • Jessi opened her folder and pulled out various pieces of paper and pencils, passing several to each bed.
  • When I opened my razor case on the following morning, I found a paper, upon unrolling of which I found a ringlet of hair, with the word Felice on the envelope. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
  • When he was gone she rushed upstairs and plopped down on a sofa next to a reading lamp in the anteroom and opened the folded paper.
  • Shortly before the final the heavens opened. Times, Sunday Times
  • Missouri fortunately escaped. opened my trunks and boxes and exposed the articles to dry. found my papers damp and several articles damp. the stoper had come out of a phial of laudinum and the contents had run into the drawer and distroyed a gret part of my medicine in such manner that it was past recovery. waited very impatiently for the return of The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
  • His skills saved his life when the sniper opened fire. Times, Sunday Times
  • Celebes has lately been successful, and the _campong_, where every hut was closed for a year in consequence of the local Rajah forcing his people to join in his insurrection, has at last been re-opened, though under a guard of Dutch and Malay troops. Through the Malay Archipelago
  • They opened fire on pilgrims at the shrine of Amarnath, southeast of Srinagar.
  • The wound opened under the strain and blood oozed out.
  • A number of border crossings have now reopened.
  • She opened her purse and laid down a half dollar.
  • Albert proudly opened the front door and Betty and I walked into a large, light hallway.
  • The gates opened and the troops marched into their compound.
  • The leader rapidly tapped in the combination that opened the door and switched off the alarms.
  • It was as though I had opened a faucet that everyone was just waiting to see opened, so they could start throwing the conjecture around.
  • He told me how the hospital had opened a telephone medical helpline for those with wounded or sick but who are unable to leave their homes.
  • Ebony could see a dark flicker of movement outside, and a moment later the door opened and a man walked into the room.
  • She opened up the pathway to my new life. 50 Ways to Become a Self-Confident Woman
  • The letter lay unopened in the travel firm's pigeonhole.
  • The capsule can be opened and the beads sprinkled on food for youth who have problems swallowing tablets or capsules.
  • The revamped premises, incorporating 40 flatlets and a brand new crèche, were opened by the then mayor, Derek Burke, in May 2000.
  • I saw her standing beside my bed when I reopened my eyes.
  • She opened her eyes to see a man's tall, slender frame filling the door, masked by shadows.
  • Eventually, after a particularly tortuous twist, the path opened out and they came to the Cave of the Prophet.
  • I gave the door a sharp pull and it opened.
  • Dancing Mocha Jo's has already opened its doors as a dance studio during daylight hours, offering classes in tango, salsa, jazz and echango.
  • To my surprise, Mrs Svoboda opened her eyes and murmured back,'My beautiful Troy.'
  • Davin slid his Torchwood keycard into the lock and the door opened with a soft click. Hunger Moon: Chapter Sixteen
  • After a thorough exam, the herptile abdomen is opened for inspection of the internal organs.
  • Treacly piped music from inside slopped out each time the automatic doors opened.
  • There were gloomy predictions that the weather would deter buyers, but on the day a lengthy queue had formed an hour before the doors opened. Times, Sunday Times
  • The steward opened the exit door when the plane was stationary and dropped the retractable stair ladder.
  • Domenico Pugliese for The Wall Street Journal The Lanesborough Hotel's custom-built walk-in humidor At the newly opened, ultra-stylish Mamilla in Jerusalem, the city's first boutique hotel, the cigar terrace is the first of its kind in the city and is indoors, as there are less strict smoking laws in Israel. Dusting Off the Stogie's Stodgy Image
  • The great church doors at the very end of the abbey were opened, and Evangelina Stiles was coming in on the hand of her father, the Stiles cigarette baron himself.
  • When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
  • The front door opened onto a large hallway which ran all the way through the rest of the house to the back door; its lime-bleached walls enhanced the reddish patina of the ground-floor windows, as well as the studwork and the polished wood of the doorways. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • ‘Rise and shine, sweetheart,’ I opened my eyes, feeling groggy and tired.
  • It is not an easy thing for a club to do, especially when the trophy cabinet remains unopened. The Sun
  • Chen opened a number of politically oriented enterprises, including highly profitable correspondence schools.
  • Manda noticed the front door was opened, and she heard a faint sound of a motorboat, chugging through the water.
  • At a/the touch of a button, the door opened.
  • It reopened, but diners have remained in the dark about the deplorable hygiene standards. Times, Sunday Times
  • James has in a sense opened up to view an important part of the struggle between belief and unbelief in modern culture.

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