Example Sentences

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As formless matter is not an existent thing, nor is matterless form.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

"Your man, Robinson, has been drawing Elkin, or Elkin drew him—I am not quite sure which, but think it matterless either way."

From The Postmaster's Daughter by Tracy, Louis

The scale has formless matter at the bottom and matterless form at the top.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

The existent universe is a scale of being lying between the two extremes of formless matter and matterless form.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

I care nothing for lordships or ladyships; such things are matterless to me.

From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston