Example Sentences

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My hand was unblackened when I pulled it away; maybe Alice had known I would need waterproof makeup.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

His head was not cropped to the point of bristly baldness, his nose was unbroken, his eyes well opened and unblackened, his ears unthickened, his body untattooed.

From Snake and Sword A Novel by Wren, Percival Christopher

Suddenly one morning, in the height of the bird-nesting season, the street would swarm with countrymen tramping up to the barracks on the hill, and back, with bundles of clothes and unblackened boots dangling.

From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The cave, though small in extent, resembles the Dragon Caves in miniature, and has beautiful stalactites and stalagmites which are both fine in form and quite unblackened by smoke.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

For Andrew firmly believed that neglected hair, Byron collars, and unblackened boots were the first signs of literary taste.

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward