unconstraint

Example Sentences

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She reassured and welcomed me with a natural smile, and pursued her occupation with quiet cheerfulness and unconstraint.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various

I did not recognize in her the unconstraint of my partner at Mademoiselle Guillardin's wedding party,—to-day she was a true petite-ma�tresse, a little affected, and a little ceremonious too.

From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de

There is tendency on the part of both the upholders and the opponents of freedom in school to identify it with absence of social direction, or, sometimes, with merely physical unconstraint of movement.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

Princely unconstraint has the privilege of experiment, and what is frailty in a plebeian is only frolic in a duchess.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

It is calculated to inspire unconstraint and confidence into every breast.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William