unsex
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Lady Macbeth has no such qualms when she’s summoning evil spirits to unsex her in “Macbeth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Beat purer, heart, and higher, Till God unsex thee on the heavenly shore Where unincarnate spirits purely aspire!
From Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1 by Frederick Niecks
Much less had he lowered his hostile flag to salute her; but he knew instinctively that Harold Jones was the sort of a boy who would unsex himself by looking at a baby.
From The Court of Boyville by Orson Lowell
George Eliot, as a true artist, sees what is faulty in the catastrophe, but she will not unsex her creation.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
But the woman is drawn only by one feeling; she does not unsex herself,--she espouses holiness.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
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