Example Sentences

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If thou deem the ointment precious, when I break the unjewelled box, I pour it on thy feet.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various

Her arms and neck were bare, and unjewelled.

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar

Surrounding her were women whose white hands, jewelled and unjewelled, played about their business, lovely as pale and delicate flowers.

From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May

So Mather and Hooker and Warham were condemned to die with uncheered spirits and unjewelled stomachs.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

At the conclusion, her chin rested in the soft palm of her hand, and the hand, unjewelled, was white as marble just carven, and, like the arm, a wonder of grace.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis