unwincing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unwincing
First recorded in 1795–1805; un- 1 + wince 1 ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He stood fascinated, staring before him with wide-open eyes, unwincing.
From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight
It was the tone of an unwincing pride.
From Hidden Creek by Katharine Newlin Burt
So she sat almost motionless for hours in the drawing-room, going over the bitterness of every remembrance with an unwincing resolution.
From North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Making it, thought Gideon, how much worse; but making it such as Potterites could face unwincing.
From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Dame Rose Macaulay
It was a great comfort and satisfaction to Jamie, when he stumbled on an unwincing believer.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
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