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Meanwhile, Henrich and Jyanough, and their band of Nausetts, had rushed through the unopposing ranks of the English, and were now contending desperately with the Indian line beyond.

From The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers by Webb-Peploe, Mrs. (Annie)

Knight walked on, and Elfride with him, silent and unopposing.

From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Hardy, Thomas

The balloon rose about half a mile from the earth, and with a favourable wind it hurried through the air, its feathered vans cleaving the unopposing atmosphere.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

But Anne, who on another occasion might have objected, now stood beside him unopposing.

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

It seemed as if it might be some illimitable, desolate sea, beaten flat by the north-westerly gales that spent their impotent fury on its unopposing levels.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert