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Unlike most of the half-forgotten U.S. proletarian novelists of two decades ago, Pratolini knows how proletarians live, and he writes about them with a tender gravity that is unflecked by condescension or political twisting.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a perfect afternoon in late summer, without wind or excessive heat, the blue sky unflecked; such an afternoon as you would choose for lolling in a hammock and reading a book.

From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick

On the other hand, Miss Huntress derived almost equal pleasure out of her acquaintance with Lena, whose littleness she measured, and whose small successes she looked upon with amusement, unflecked by317 envy.

From Jewel Weed by Fisher, Harrison

He looked up at the unflecked blue of the sky, shading his eyes.

From Tam o' the Scoots by Wallace, Edgar

As Bradley breathed the pure air and walked soundlessly along the narrow paths and looked across the unflecked, untrodden snow up to the vast and silent dome, he shuddered in wordless delight.

From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Garland, Hamlin