Example Sentences

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Almayer’s words had dried Nina’s tears, and her look grew hard as she stared before her into the limitless sheet of blue that shone limpid, unwaving, and steady like heaven itself. 

From Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river by Conrad, Joseph

Waving and unwaving, the Toe closing, inwards, and afterwards opening outwards.

From Orchesography Or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures by Weaver, John

Waving and unwaving with the Foot up, the Toe closing inwards, and then opening outwards.

From Orchesography Or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures by Weaver, John

Not a breeze stirred the dark cypress and unwaving pine.

From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Waving and unwaving, the Heel opening outwards, and then closing inwards.

From Orchesography Or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures by Weaver, John