unsex
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Lady Macbeth has no such qualms when she’s summoning evil spirits to unsex her in “Macbeth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Mr. Foote remarked, that if there was any other Committee of this House that would or could unsex the female sex, he had no objection to the reference moved.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Let no girl be deterred from steady and faithful work in the vain fear that she will unsex herself, and to a loving mother's needful anxieties let not this superfluous care be added.
From The Education of American Girls by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
Now the effect of the parasite seems to be to unsex as it were its victims so far as their outward appearance is concerned.
From Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects by Saunders, Edward
Beat purer, heart, and higher, Till God unsex thee on the heavenly shore Where unincarnate spirits purely aspire!
From Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1 by Niecks, Frederick
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