unwished
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unwished
Example Sentences
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Every delicate feeling she possessed revolted at the step: the visit itself was unwished for on her part; but there did exist a reason which had reconciled her to that--the wedding of Clara.
From Precaution by Cooper, James Fenimore
Hermia refused to submit to an "unwished yoke," and fled from Athens with Lysander.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
How much did I pity my child, when I read of a discovery at once so unexpected and unwished!
From Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Burney, Fanny
The imagination is rebelliously evil, often uncontrollable; and the thought rose up unbidden and unwished for.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
And now, full near, the hour unwished for drew When fond, Sephora hoped to see her wed; And, for 'twould else expire, impatient grew To renovate her race from beauteous Egla's bed.
From Zophiel A Poem by Brooks, Maria Gowen
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