Example Sentences

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There have been many surmises and speculations as to what was said, but the veil of silence has remained unlifted until today.

From Time Magazine Archive

But that was because the snow was still unlifted from him.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

To trace animals to the door of the laboratory, and there to drop them, leaves the curtain unlifted; they enter the darkness, and that darkness must be dispelled.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert

It left in truth a weight upon the spirits; and with that weight unlifted, there could be no real justification of the ways of Heaven to man.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter

A thousand living things awoke to rejoice in the crystal splendour of the morning; but within the quiet room the spell remained unlifted, the silence lay untouched.

From The Way of an Eagle by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)