unwished-for

Example Sentences

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"Why should I fear you?" said the lady; "or wherefore have you intruded yourself into my dwelling, uninvited, sir, and unwished for?"

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

Amine narrated to Philip what had occurred between her and the priest Mathias, and by what means she had rid herself of his unwished for surveillance.

From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick

Unloved am I, and unwished for, by him whom I have wedded.

From The Story and Song of Black Roderick by Shorter, Dora Sigerson

If the foetus dies as an unwished for, though permitted, consequence of this haemostasis, the surgeon may lament this result, but he is blameless.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

The people of Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, etc., take it as a newspaper, and regard the essays and poems as intruders unwished for and unwelcome.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.