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
I was commoved to rattle: 'In time,' quoth he: quoth I ' 'Tis marvellous!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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
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
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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