Example Sentences

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Gradually the white sheet fades to nothingness, until at last its position is marked only by a blank blur unpricked by the twinkle of awakening stars.

From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

Iowa and Illinois had not then got a-going; the cable was to come, and the heart of Christian England was unpricked by public opinion.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert

The Boer military power has been called the biggest unpricked bubble in the world.

From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir