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unsex

[uhn-seks] / ʌnˈsɛks /


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Lady Macbeth has no such qualms when she’s summoning evil spirits to unsex her in “Macbeth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026

Beat purer, heart, and higher,    Till God unsex thee on the heavenly shore    Where unincarnate spirits purely aspire!

From Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1 by Frederick Niecks

Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty!”

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

Shall she return To vex our souls, unsex our wives and daughters, And spoil our pictures as she did of old?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 21, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

Yet they and all of you are dreadfully exercised for fear having a vote would unsex women.

From The Convert by Elizabeth Robins


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