Example Sentences

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Then Ulysses was glad and sad: glad that the Gods took thought for him, and sad to think of crossing alone the wide unsailed seas.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

But the covetous Sidonian groaned, when he saw his wealth departing from him, the gains for which he had hazarded his life in unsailed seas.

From The World's Desire by Haggard, Henry Rider

But now the unsailed harbour was quite still, in the pause of the evening; and the smooth undulations were caressed by a hundred opalescent hues, growing deeper toward the west, where the river came in.

From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Van Dyke, Henry

Nevertheless, the better to clear and extricate your doubts, let us try all courses, and leave no stone unturned nor wind unsailed by.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Quick still with ardour, hand still at the wheel On wide and unsailed seas, eyes turning still Towards the morning, while the keen brain burned To the imperative will.

From Poems by Stuart, Muriel