Example Sentences

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Hardy, loose, in some respects, and unnurtured as he was in others, the man had been steadily my friend.

From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by Cooper, James Fenimore

We are a race of executioners, but we are not the unnurtured herd that people fancy.

From The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons by Cooper, James Fenimore

Confronted with these unnurtured spirits, the patron shook in every limb, for, between anger and abject fear, his self-command had by this time absolutely deserted him.

From The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons by Cooper, James Fenimore

The mounting tempers of his unnurtured listeners were rebuked by the simple, solemn manner of the trapper.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

The summons of the unnurtured squatter brought an immediate accession to their party.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore