Example Sentences

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And Olive kept her eyes unaverted, for the satisfaction of seeing how he took it.

From The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) by James, Henry

With unaverted eyes he gazed at the fireplace, where the sparks were dancing.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

For all that she was of exceptional intellectual enterprise, she had never yet considered these things with unaverted eyes.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

But scorn not us, who, in sincerity, have sought With unaverted gaze to find the light divine.

From Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance by Holcomb, Martha A. Lyon

The following night he again stood opposite the Baron, staring at him with unaverted gaze, whilst his eyes had a dark mysterious spectral look.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)