unconstraint
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of unconstraint
First recorded in 1705–15; un- 1 + constraint
Example Sentences
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I did not recognize in her the unconstraint of my partner at Mademoiselle Guillardin's wedding party,—to-day she was a true petite-ma�tresse, a little affected, and a little ceremonious too.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
At table Mr. Shanner gave no undue signs of modesty or self-distrust, but talked about "things within his experience" with the utmost unconstraint.
From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Zangwill, Louis
With her kindly unconstraint she reached for one of his hands to test its temperature.
From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall
Among them were a number of tall men, lean and sinewy, with a sweep of line and unconstraint of gesture that smacked of hunters' ways and mountain exercise.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
Nothing gives such an air of grace and elegance and unconstraint to a German or an English conversation as to scatter it full of "Also's" or "You knows."
From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Twain, Mark
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