unstriped
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unstriped
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Do you chuckle when you see that the Yankees unstriped the Tigers, or do you cringe when the Capitals overrule the Rangers?
From New York Times ● May 6, 2015
The walls of the womb consist of a thick layer of unstriped muscle.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Auguste Forel
How can the contraction of the unstriped and involuntary arrectores pili have been co-ordinated with that of various voluntary muscles for the same special purpose?
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
It is generally believed that the peristaltic movements of the intestines are influenced by attention being paid to them at fixed recurrent periods; and these movements depend on the contraction of unstriped and involuntary muscles.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
In a previous chapter we have seen that with animals the hairs are erected by the contraction of minute, unstriped, and involuntary muscles, which run to each separate follicle.
From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
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