Example Sentences

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With a look of dumb, unresenting sadness, he turned away, and, leaning on the mantelpiece, stood with his back toward her, and his face buried in his hands.

From The Inner Shrine by King, Basil

He lifted his eyes, and his look, uncannily impassive, unresenting, unangered, dogged, caused the messenger to drop his gaze as though he had hit a man who was down.

From The Country House by Galsworthy, John

But Godfrey thrust her away without looking at her, and left the room, followed humbly by the unresenting Snuff—perhaps because she saw no other career open to her.

From Silas Marner by Eliot, George

Jumbo crams another cracker into his mouth and speeds away, hunching the patient, unresenting air with his elbows.

From Back Home by Wood, Eugene

Men, and even women, elbowed him, unresenting, out of the way, without the semblance of an apology.

From The Cinema Murder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)