Example Sentences

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As a stylist, she is subtle and superbly attentive, though her approach does leave a few darlings unkilled.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2019

After the use of the chemical diquat, the duckweed turns brown and sinks to the bottom, which can nourish unkilled weeds, effectively making matters worse.

From National Geographic

Among the unkilled American aëronauts undoubtedly the best known for professional skill and experience is Samuel A. King.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various

How the old, thin tenement of life can go on living unkilled is a problem to solve.

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

These I felt must receive me if I slipped over, and I thought how before reaching them I might so break my fall as to arrive at them unkilled.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John