Example Sentences

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But so breathtaking were the streets that late afternoon, with their sentinel trees and tender gardens, that the sun itself seemed to waver, unsetting, reluctant to leave; it was the onlooker whose presence weighted everything.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

That is to say, the topmost thing in the Universe, the shining apex and pinnacle, glittering away up there in the radiant unsetting light, is the love of God in Jesus Christ.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

Sometimes it has burned so brightly, it has been my morning and evening star, my rising, but unsetting sun.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Hentz, Caroline Lee

The sails, like flakes of roseate pearl, Float in upon the mist; The waves are broken precious stones,— Sapphire and amethyst, Washed from celestial basement walls By suns unsetting kissed.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Here was the budding, there the perfect flower, Here the faint star, and there the unsetting sun, Here the scant preface, there the open Book Where angels read forever.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard