Example Sentences

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Clara directed him to the seat fronting her; he protested indifference to the wet; she kept the door unshut.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

Some of the windows of the house were open, but with no more signs of life than in a dead man's unshut eyes.

From The Blithedale Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Bearing these, she withdrew, throwing a spiteful glance and leaving the door unshut, so that her master distinctly heard her open Margaret's door, come out again, and finally leave the house.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

What is there more, that I lag and pause and crouch extended with unshut mouth?

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt

What is there more, that I lag and pause, and crouch extended with unshut         mouth?

From Poems By Walt Whitman by Rossetti, William Michael