Etymology
Origin of unhandled
Example Sentences
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Like the other objects evoked, the toys have solidity, but, by emphasising their unhandled coldness, the poet flips them into mystery.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
To signal his own decency, Bradley makes a show of presenting himself honestly, unhandled by handlers.
From Time Magazine Archive
But George's argument was that when you see Clinton unhandled and unproduced, people like him.
From Time Magazine Archive
May his life be long, And, like a summer with a brilliant close, As full of music as a perfect song, As radiant as a rich, unhandled rose.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
But savage Cacus, infatuate to leave nothing undared or unhandled in craft or crime, drives four bulls of choice shape away from their pasturage, and as many heifers of excellent beauty.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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