unmoistened

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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

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

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

There are none could have heard with an unmoistened eye, That most simple and eloquent story, Which told us of virtues, so rare and so high, That we paused to admire and deplore thee.

From The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell by Campbell, Theophila Carlile

No one who has tried to eat unmoistened food, when thirsty, will dispute its uses as a solvent.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various