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Meanings of break the seal in English

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Usage of break the seal in English
1
Better to let Greathouse break the seal, and be done with it.
Mister Slaughter
2
He fingered it for a little, not daring to break the seal.
Clementina
3
She stood still, holding the unopened note, strangely reluctant to break the seal.
A Terrible Secret: A Novel
4
Your pardon, my friend, that unknowingly I did break the seal.
Dracula
5
I am about to break the seal, he continued, with determination.
The Idiot
6
Martine's hands so trembled that he could scarcely break the seal.
Taken Alive
7
Then I'll break the seal and read further directions, replied Frank.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
8
Desperate, Boyd glanced under his seat, searching for something to break the seal.
Sign of the cross
9
Oh, let me break the seal of silence which closes them.
A Conspiracy of the Carbonari
10
To open it, he must of course break the seal.
Mister Slaughter
11
It was only necessary to break the seal, press a button, and then wait.
2001. A Space Odyssey
12
To take it out and break the seal was the work of a moment.
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
13
His hands trembled so that he could hardly break the seal of the letter.
France in the Nineteenth Century
14
Then they retired to their rooms to break the seal of the blue envelope.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
15
He will not break the seal till the concert begins.
The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians
16
But I will not break the seal of that history.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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