- present participle of unsay.
unsaying
Example Sentences
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And then they unsay it, and they keep unsaying it, breaking their own rules over and over again.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
They had appeared in too many instances; and, though frightened at his anger, she stood still, without unsaying her words.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
But the bibliolatrist cannot say that; because, if he does, then he is formally unsaying the very principle which is meant by bibliolatry.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey
He could not conceive of the Titan "unsaying his high language, and quailing before his successful and perfidious adversary."
From Percy Bysshe Shelley by John Addington Symonds
But seeing himself thinks it more for his credit to tell the world of his saying and unsaying, declaring and undeclaring, let him be doing.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
