unbrightened
- a word derived from brighten.
Example Sentences
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Once in a while it dimly comes back to me that, in a past existence unbrightened by Nell Van Buren and Phyllis Rivers, I came to Holland with the object of painting pictures.
From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl
Life unbrightened by feminine presence and feminine influences would be a dull affair.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram
At the moment life seemed to stretch out before her as a dreary waste, unbrightened by a single flower—a long, toilsome road to be trod in loneliness and pain.
From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Finley, Martha
The solemn night moved on, a night of black vapours; the pageant of the Old Year's deathbed was unbrightened by so much as a single star.
From Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) by Harraden, Beatrice
I, to whom friendship has since been like sunlight and like sleep, left school unbrightened and unrefreshed by commerce with a single friend.
From Father and Son: a study of two temperaments by Gosse, Edmund
