unbreathed
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Origin of unbreathed
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, much of it seems commonplace, passionless, unbreathed upon.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are subtle, unbreathed temptations which all men and all women, when tortured by jealousy, not only understand but divine before they are actually in being.
From Studies in love and in terror by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
Sometimes a wilder track led Stair and Louis unbreathed across an open moor, the path being too narrow to ride abreast, when it was the mare's privilege to lead.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
From scenes of art which chase That thought away, turn, and with watchful eyes Feed it ’mid Nature’s old felicities, Rocks, rivers, and smooth lakes more clear than glass Untouched, unbreathed upon.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
The unbreathed sigh seemed to be added to the weight of oppression on Mary's patient breast; but she kept her eye steady, her brow unruffled.
From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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