Example Sentences

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The fellow had purposely encouraged him to drink immoderately—Carline’s memory was clear and unmistaken on that point—and then, taking advantage of his unconsciousness, the pseudo writer had committed piracy.

From The River Prophet by Coleman, Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen)

The anti-slavery sentiment which was unmistaken in the later years of the eighteenth century became with the growth of commercialism and national expansion, quiescent and subservient to the slave power.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

Frightened, they turned to ascend the mountain, when the Indians came running towards them making unmistaken signs of friendship.

From The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West by Belisle, D. W. (David W.)

The period of absolute, unmistaken, unreasonable love lasted but for six weeks after her engagement.

From Kept in the Dark by Trollope, Anthony

The unmistaken, mute language of her eyes and quivering lips was clearer.

From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Lee, Carson Jay