Example Sentences

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You cannot help me in future, and it would grieve me to think that I fell, as an unlifting shadow, between your heart and the sunshine that warms it.

From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

Mr. Huntingdon was utterly ignorant of the duties of a nurse; and though he haunted the room like an unlifting shadow, Dr. Arnold and Nellie took entire charge of the patient.

From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

Tembarom at least felt that the unlifting heaviness of atmosphere which had surrounded him while enjoying the companionship of Mr. Palford was a thing of the past.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

He endeavored to divert her thoughts, by introducing various topics; and she talked and smiled, and even played and sang, yet the unlifting cloud lay on her brow.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

There was no stony bitterness in her face, but an unlifting shadow that mutely revealed the unnumbered hours of strife and desolation which were slowly bowing that brave heart to the dust.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)