Example Sentences

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His limbs were regaining the strength of adolescence, but more perceptive sensations remained unroused.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

Why was she so cold, so unroused, so indifferent?

From The Rainbow by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The dissembler of a secret wishes for obscurity and silence: he wants to have the eyes of men turned away from him and their curiosity unroused.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

The unroused conscience of this soldier could give no response to her indignation at every injustice and every dishonorable deed of license.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk