bootless
Example Sentences
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Bootless grief hurts a man’s self, but patience makes a jest of an injury.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander
Bootless are plaints, and cureless are my wounds; No way to fly, nor strength to hold out flight.
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William
Bootless is flight, they follow us with wings; And weak we are and cannot shun pursuit.
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William
We crossed from the Janara, a good-sized mountain torrent flowing S.W. to Bootless Inlet.
From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James
Bootless is flight: they follow us with wings; And weak we are, and cannot shun pursuit.
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William