unscared
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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What variegated plumage did they display, as they flew past the Lady Nisida, unscared by her presence!
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)
The brown vultures of the wood Flocked to those vast uncovered sepulchres, And sat unscared and silent at their feast.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
Even strange birds of passage flying in at his hospitable window, would espy him unscared, and sometimes partake of the food he had always at hand to offer them.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
He but vainly tries To fright, who threatens me — by words unscared.
From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart
Upon those almost inaccessible crags the rock-eagle and falcon built their nests, unscared by the herdsmen, who in vain attempted their destruction.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
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