Example Sentences

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He seated himself by me and read; but the words, although spoken by his manly, firm voice, passed at this time impressionless over my inward sense.

From The Home by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

I dip my hand within the wave; Ah! how impressionless and cold!

From The Poems of Henry Timrod by Timrod, Henry

Somewhere in his heart, that was mostly impressionless india-rubber, there had proved to be a healthy, flesh-and-blood spot after all.

From Winding Paths by Page, Gertrude

Come, as alone Mind can be the monarch and the seer, shining through the home it tenants,—a pure, impressionless, sublime intelligence!

From Zanoni by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

True, philosopher, but would you call the work of these padres impressionless, when it has permeated all California?

From The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks by Gray, Mabel Thayer