Example Sentences

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So swift was that transition from the grisly unreal to the normal that even to my unsuperstitious mind it smacked of necromancy.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham

It was seen for some years, but the unsuperstitious panther probably got it at last.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.

His practical and unsuperstitious partner opened and read the letters.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Since the surface of the little pool, as one gazes at it, does not reflect the sky, but only the overhanging, dark, mossy rock, the water looks black and forbidding, even to unsuperstitious Yankees.

From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram

I come now to the system of selecting officials by competitive examination, without which it is hardly likely that so literary and unsuperstitious a system as that of Confucius could have maintained its hold.

From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand