Example Sentences

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But the unrefracted brilliance of the sun, the humid heat, oppressed him.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

If the incidence be vertical, the beam is unrefracted.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by Tyndall, John

His rays, His sun, still descended as ever; but when they came near to the foul atmosphere of man, no ray could pierce unstained, unrefracted, or even untwisted.

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

People do not yet understand that the mirror of art does not reflect life unrefracted.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel