unsetting
- a word derived from setting.
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
Thou bright unsetting star, which through this veil, For very envy, mak'st the Sun look pale!
From The Merry Devil by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
With a majesty that overawes, a voice that will be heard, an influence that cannot be resisted, it renews the world, and will eventually diffuse its unsetting glory through every part of the habitual globe.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II by Cox, Francis Augustus
In one bright unclouded day Endless ages roll away; There, beneath the unsetting sun, Years of ceaseless pleasure run.
From The Good Resolution by Anonymous
It is a shield for the inhabitants against the fervors of an unsetting sun.
From A Columbus of Space by Serviss, Garrett Putman
