uncompelled

Example Sentences

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He does not dictate to them but is instead dictated to; our democratic context lays bare the widespread, uncompelled eagerness for aesthetics over results.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020

The conditions under which he wrote were very far removed from the Golden Age which he described,—   "Which uncompelled   And without rule, in faith and truth, excelled."

From Poets of the South by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

For look you, this wood, like the thickets about the Burg of the Four Friths, hath an evil name, and few folk ride it uncompelled; therefore it is the safer for us.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

I will precede you to the palace grand, Unto the Throne, and there our Rights obtain 390 Through peaceful means and mutual covenants, Made voluntarily and uncompelled.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

No one uncompelled cared to face the grim, gray, scowling day whose breath was freezing.

From A Man's Hearth by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)