unrequiting
- a word derived from requite.
Example Sentences
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He plants “love’s true kiss” on Angelina Jolie as the unrequiting subject of her storybook sorceress character’s affections in “Maleficent.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2017
By Act V, Helena's passion for her unrequiting snob has become an act of beatific willfulness and the stuff of gaslight melodrama.
From Time Magazine Archive
O Orcus’ unrequiting shade, Devouring all the good, the dear, Couldst thou not spare one birdling here?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
But not thus was the heart of Jesus affected by the unrequiting of his love and friendship.
From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)
How loose me from too long commisery For those whom unrequiting Time has given To the altar of the aching world's unrest!
From Nirvana Days by Rice, Cale Young
