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Would virgin sturgeon, urged or unurged, find some other spawning ground?

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Carling had muffled himself past all talking, and his wife preserved the silence which was characteristic of her when unurged.

From David Harum A Story of American Life by Westcott, Edward Noyes

None of those forms of mental wealth called art or science or literature, enters the mind unasked or stays unurged.

From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

The sun with resting pulses seems to brood, And slacken its command upon my unurged blood.

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

As the flowers and fruits of a tree, unurged by visible influences, never miss their proper season, so does Karma done in a previous existence bring about its fruits in proper time.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan