unmoistened

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But she did not succumb in aspect, after the wordless struggle died away in a quiver of the unmoistened lips.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

We skim off a thin, dry cuticle from the rapids of Niagara, and lay it on our unmoistened paper without breaking a bubble or losing a speck of foam.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various

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

Dust rises in red clouds from the unmoistened, betrampled meadows so lately verdurous and flower-spangled.

From Shearing in the Riverina by Boldrewood, Rolf

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