Example Sentences

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Oh, why is this, Lucy?" he said; "your appearance has unmanned me; but I see it and feel it all.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

I have no mind to hear your news to-night; this disappointment has unmanned me; but to-morrow, Carrol, to-morrow the day will be all our own, and I all myself.

From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James

“Captivity has unmanned me,” he said to himself, as he sat down upon a mossy fragment of stone in the silent forest path, and the utter silence and calm seemed refreshing.

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville

Parbleu! it has unmanned me with hideous silence, with creeping, ghostly mystery, until I am half mad, scarcely daring to whisper, in fear of my own voice.

From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Parrish, Randall

It's your kindness that has unmanned me for a moment.

From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)