commove
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But, I feel that with these photos, sometimes all these photos of broken bodies, of broken cities can commove sort of numbness.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2018
The clerk, as I conjectured him to be from his appearance, was also commoved; for, sitting opposite to Mr. Morris, that honest gentleman's terror communicated itself to him, though he wotted not why.
From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott
He had not affections to be commoved upon that account.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
After an hour his back was aching, his hands dabbled, his brow beaded, while the night-winds blew, the light now was commoved, and now glowed a steady red; and still he grovelled.
From The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
Love had 197 indeed looked upon him with a tragic mask; and yet what mattered, since at least it was love—since at least she was commoved at their division?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
And how much will our spirits be commoved when our own interest lies in the business, and hath some conjunction with God's interest, but if these are parted, our fervour abates, and our heat cools?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Fuller, 53, is an Ichabod Crane look-alike who is incessantly joking, cajoling, commoving, pressing, pleading for Habitat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glass and the water without overmuch commoving and disturbing it.
From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei
Mr. Morris was a sterling patriot and did not look upon the commoving political elements with indifference.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
