perishing
adjective
causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death.
unperishing
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a word derived from
perishing.
Example Sentences
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Canute, thy regal race is run; Thy name had passed away, But for the meed this tale hath won, Which never shall decay: Its meek, unperishing renown Outlasts thy scepter and thy crown.
From Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) by Various
When her husband told her that he was condemned to the scaffold, she congratulated him upon the speedy termination of an existence so painful, and the unperishing reward that should crown it.
From Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
There is a saying among men That to the heavens unperishing mount the souls Of good men, and to nether darkness sink Souls of the wicked.
From The Fall of Troy by Arthur Sanders Way
Which ends the being of a dubious life, My better part unperishing shall mount Above the loftiest stars.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
It starts the current in that wireless system of vibrations that travel unperishing, undiminished, from the dead to the living.
From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by May Sinclair
