Example Sentences

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The novel is not made—it grows, and the novelist does little more than plant the seed and keep the growth unchoked by weeds.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

On the western perimeter he was beyond the deep thicket, and within a magnificent wood, unchoked by undergrowth.

From The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

Like a sal- amander he passes across the burning deck with unscathed feet, and glides through the stifling smoke with unchoked breath.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules

The heels of my boots, my polished boots, point to the upper air—ay, point; but when, oh, when again, shall I salute thee, gentle air; when again, unchoked by the saline flood, cry Veni, aura?

From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'

Then, one day—God knows when—the sky widened behind the trees, and I saw the blue flank of a hill unchoked by timber.

From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)