unwooed
- a word derived from woo.
Example Sentences
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Carol J. Lastrucci San Francisco We unwooed and unwon liberal Republicans just may have a candidate after all.
From Time Magazine Archive
One, that she would yet make Mr. Raleigh feel her power, yielded to shame and self-contempt, and she despised herself for a woman won unwooed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various
But this strange bloom, by sun and wind unwooed, Seems to expand and blossom 'mid the snows, A lily sceptreless, a scentless rose, For dainty listlessness of maidenhood.
From A Distinguished Provincial at Paris by Marriage, Ellen
In vain we grasp Her purple wings; Unwon, unwooed, she flits to dwell With humble things; She shares my sightless singer's cage, And so—he sings.
From Verses by Coolidge, Susan
And Tildy was content to be the unwooed drudge if Aileen could receive the flattery and the homage.
From The Four Million by Henry, O.
