Example Sentences

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Having proceeded thus far, it would have been absurd to retire with my purpose uneffected.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

Aye, ift pass unregarded, and uneffected; Else peace and joy:—I pray, Attention.

From The Puritaine Widdow by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

"It shall be shown us," they replied; and with this answer, with his organization yet uneffected, his plans more than ever chaotic, the Maccabee began another day.

From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.