hurtless

Example Sentences

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Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm, it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sick sweat succeeds; he drops at ev'ry pore; With driving dust his cheeks are pasted o'er; Shorter and shorter ev'ry gasp he takes; And vain efforts and hurtless blows he makes.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

If we could once leave it to each other to give what honour is due; knowing that honour demanded is as worthless as insult undeserved is hurtless!

From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George

I became at length so accustomed to their hurtless menaces that I fell to beguiling the way with the invention of monstrosities, never suspecting that I owed each moment of life to the staring moon.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George

Come, as you have played Despair with me I will play the part of Una with you and bring you hurtless from his dark cavern.

From Mathilda by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft