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commove

[kuh-moov] / kəˈmuv /








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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 hole Toun, yea, the Governour and Nobilitie commoved at the unwoorthynes of this bold attemptat, craved justice upoun the malefactouris, or ellis thei wold tack justice of the hole.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing

It is true, that his Majesty is free from passion, and is not commoved and troubled as your spirits are.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

He had not affections to be commoved upon that account.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

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

But the moment that the elephants carrying the princess touched it, the seemingly solid earth began to heave and boil, and the whole dread brood of the hellish nest was commoved.

From Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald

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




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