unquarried
- a word derived from quarry.
Example Sentences
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Where larger rooms were excavated, pillars of stone were left unquarried to support the ceilings.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019
If he is not innocent as the day, he's as hard as unquarried marble.
From Initials Only by Green, Anna Katharine
If so, her righteousness was a poor thing, her cleanness, that of the outside of the cup and platter, her purity, that of unquarried marble.
From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)
Both of them had strength below the surface; they were like quiet peasants owning enormous and unquarried mines.
From The Ball and the Cross by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The unquarried marble of Pentelicus Deny its hue of snow, and even the dawn Forget her stainless birthright for thy sake!
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
