unconstraint

Example Sentences

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I wished to appear at ease, but the more I tried to assume an air of unconstraint, the more awkward I felt.

From Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich

At table Mr. Shanner gave no undue signs of modesty or self-distrust, but talked about "things within his experience" with the utmost unconstraint.

From An Engagement of Convenience A Novel by Zangwill, Louis

One minute you feel as if you may address her with perfect unconstraint, and the next you find yourself scared back to the most respectful distance.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

His quick assumption that Agnes was at his disposal if he chose to woo her had been mere fatuity; he misread her perfect simplicity of demeanour, the unconstraint of her intellectual sympathies.

From The Odd Women by Gissing, George

Henry IV. was a prince as expansive in ideas as he was inventive, who was a master of the art of pleasing, and himself took great pleasure in the freedom and unconstraint of conversation.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 by Black, Robert