leave undone
Example Sentences
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"I want you to do all that I shall leave undone, Claire!" he exclaimed, with voluble swiftness.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar
Much, it need not be repeated, has been done for them of late, and admirably done; much also we have found to do, and have been compelled to leave undone still more.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
To be worthy of her, even in the slightest measure, what was there that he would leave undone?
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar
But I suppose that he feared I might reveal it to some friend if the trial went against me, entrust to him the just work I am forced to leave undone.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
Say not, we will do the one, and not leave undone the other; for the inordinate degree to which the meaner passions are developed, dulls our sense of loftier needs.
From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix