leave undone

Example Sentences

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When I thought of the hours I often shirked and the jobs I used to leave undone, I wondered that Barlow didn't fire me and the other fellows long ago.

From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold

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

Threescore years and twelve are saying, Spend no more time in general preparation for your labors, because dangers yearly thicken that your perishing outer man must forever leave undone what it fails to accomplish soon.

From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen

All depends upon Thy divine blessing; wherefore remember me, O Lord, and bless all I do and all I leave undone, in order that I may begin and accomplish my work prudently and successfully.

From The Little Treasure of Prayers Being a Translation of the Epitome from the German Larger 'Treasure of prayers' ['Gebets-Schatz'] by Anonymous

You are just as big as the things you do, just as small as the things you leave undone.

From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez