unstring

Example Sentences

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Deformity or pain unstrings The music of the soul of things,— Ah, suns burn bright in eyes of panther, And lightnings leap in the eagle's wings!

From Song-waves by Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding)

The sudden cessation of all those sources of excitement which pervade a gay and well arranged mansion in the country, unstrings the nervous system.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

It unstrings me too much now to see him—yes, look after him, encourage him.

From The Old Blood by Palmer, Frederick

And, haply, Death unstrings his bow, And Sorrow stands apart, And, for a little while, we know The sunshine of the heart.

From Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell by Brontë, Charlotte

Sorrowing mothers; I always hurry away when the first sod falls with its horrible thud; it unstrings the chords of one's being, and the best thing is to depart.

From Woman's Endurance by Luckhoff, A. D (August D.)