leave undone
Example Sentences
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He could not make her believe that she did a thousand things, on such occasions, which she might just as well leave undone; and, to "have peace," he gave over the argument.
From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
I tell you I'm so happy that nothing any Johanna can do or leave undone in the least affects me.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von
In the striving for the far goal one must not leave undone the little things that lay close at hand, the little, worth-while, sometimes-hard things.
From Happy House by Abbott, Jane D.
Much, it need not be repeated, has been done for them of late, and admirably done; much also we have found to do, and have been compelled to leave undone still more.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
To be worthy of her, even in the slightest measure, what was there that he would leave undone?
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar
