unmoistened

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Dust rises in red clouds from the unmoistened, betrampled meadows so lately verdurous and flower-spangled.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Boldrewood, Rolf

He is a hard-hearted churl who can read with unmoistened eyes this journal of a brave and talented girl.

From Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists by Dickinson, Asa Don

“This is indeed a precious relic,” I remarked, in a low voice, and with not unmoistened eyes.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various

There was not a heart untouched—not a cheek unmoistened by the falling tear.

From Memoirs of General Lafayette : with an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

Reproach and appeal alike spattered off Eulalie’s buoyant nature as a water sprinkler’s steadiest shower rolls in globules from the crisp, unmoistened leaves of the nasturtium.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various