lacked

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Lacked aggression and energy in the words of coach Gregor Townsend in the immediate aftermath.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2019

She has labored hard To mould a bust or statue; but the clay Lacked the Pygmalion touch beneath her hands.

From The Woman Who Dared by Sargent, Epes

Lacked his brother's eloquence, but surpassed him and indeed all men of his time as a writer of Swedish prose.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron

No face as bright Crowned with so fair a Mayflower crown of praise Lacked ever yet love, if its eyes were set With all their soul to loveward.

From Rosamund, queen of the Lombards, a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

I was a knight and bard, with such a gift Of revelation that no hour of life Lacked beauty and adornment, in myself The seat and centre of all happiness.

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma