Example Sentences

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The blue smoke of the fire was floating out from the trees, loitering undispersed in the quiet air, and she was getting their breakfast.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

And thereafter the Greek fleet withdrew, but was persuaded to remain undispersed in the bay of Salamis.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Still undispersed by the weather lay the small charred ends of a fire he and she had made once here together, to boil coffee and fry trout.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

Not again would he stand at the door, his dark hair damp and rumpled, his eyes blinking at the strong light, while his voice spoke hoarsely out of undispersed sleep.

From The Judge by West, Rebecca

Scents of the distant gardens stole undispersed through the night; that of the night-flowering tobacco-plant was for some minutes almost sicklily oppressive; and behind her she heard the scurrying of the rabbits at play.

From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]