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commove

[kuh-moov] / kəˈmuv /








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But, I feel that with these photos, sometimes all these photos of broken bodies, of broken cities can commove sort of numbness.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2018

The clerk, as I conjectured him to be from his appearance, was also commoved; for, sitting opposite to Mr. Morris, that honest gentleman's terror communicated itself to him, though he wotted not why.

From Rob Roy — Volume 01 by Sir Walter Scott

It is true, that his Majesty is free from passion, and is not commoved and troubled as your spirits are.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Love had 197 indeed looked upon him with a tragic mask; and yet what mattered, since at least it was love—since at least she was commoved at their division?

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Whareat sche more heighlie commoved, did summound agane all the preachearis to compear at Striveling, the tent day of Maij, the year of God 1559.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing

And how much will our spirits be commoved when our own interest lies in the business, and hath some conjunction with God's interest, but if these are parted, our fervour abates, and our heat cools?

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Fuller, 53, is an Ichabod Crane look-alike who is incessantly joking, cajoling, commoving, pressing, pleading for Habitat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Glass and the water without overmuch commoving and disturbing it.

From Discourse on Floating Bodies by Galileo Galilei

Mr. Morris was a sterling patriot and did not look upon the commoving political elements with indifference.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson


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