unwished
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unwished
Example Sentences
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The unwished for cavalier was not to be shaken off.
From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis
Unloved am I, and unwished for, by him whom I have wedded.
From The Story and Song of Black Roderick by Shorter, Dora Sigerson
If the foetus dies as an unwished for, though permitted, consequence of this haemostasis, the surgeon may lament this result, but he is blameless.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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
There are mysteries in the human heart for which we seek in vain to account; associations and sympathies that come often uncalled-for and unwished.
From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence by Aguilar, Grace
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