Example Sentences

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The day went on, as days will go, unstayed, unhastened by the human souls, through which they glide silent and awful.

From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George

So this bit of cruelty was put a stop to, and the poor old creature, with a boil on her back, slept her last sleep unhastened by the hangman.

From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)

Linda listened to her heart but it was unhastened by a beat.

From Linda Condon by Hergesheimer, Joseph

Their passing in the darkness was accompanied by the sound of the unhastened tread of many hobnailed boots.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

Even thus Turnus draws lingeringly backward, with unhastened steps, and soul boiling in anger.

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil