impune

Example Sentences

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Wait a minute, he has basically used his answer to impune my integrity.

From Time • Nov. 14, 2015

To paraphrase the Scottish national motto, Nemo me impune lactessit.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this very day you would have had monster meetings on the north of the Tweed, and another Conciliation Hall, and another repeal button, with the motto, "Nemo me impune lacessit."

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Thistle.—"Nemo me impune lacessit."—"Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max

The thistle is the order for dignity and antiquity; the veritable nemo me impune lacessit of chivalry!

From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore