unshut

Example Sentences

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Bearing these, she withdrew, throwing a spiteful glance and leaving the door unshut, so that her master distinctly heard her open Margaret's door, come out again, and finally leave the house.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

Some of the windows of the house were open, but with no more signs of life than in a dead man's unshut eyes.

From The Blithedale Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

And what simpler words could there be than these, for example— “Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye, Round the world, for ever and aye”?

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William

Clara directed him to the seat fronting her; he protested indifference to the wet; she kept the door unshut.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

What is there more, that I lag and pause and crouch extended with unshut mouth?

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt