leave undone
Example Sentences
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Nought man could do did I leave undone; And I thought that butcher's boys were cheap,— But this, poor man, 'twas his only one.
From Verse and Worse by Graham, Harry
None of these questions has been thoroughly gone into with a view to finding out what were best to be done and what best to leave undone.
From Farm Boys and Girls by McKeever, William Arch
Christ's teaching supplies the lack, showing what we are to do as well as what we are to leave undone.
From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson
They note every word and tone and gesture; they have a formed, and not a favorable, judgment of all we do and all we leave undone.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
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)