Example Sentences

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There was a brisk wind blowing, and the beggar turned about to face it, directly they had unhanded him.

From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)

"Had enough, Jacob?" he asked just as gently as he had unhanded himself from me.

From The Heart's Kingdom by Daviess, Maria Thompson

Said I not that the gods, as well as mankind, had unhanded themselves from this Pierre?

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman