unmeant

Example Sentences

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But nothing in “Born to Run” rings to me as unmeant or punch-pulling.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

These poems are as heartless as birdsong, as unmeant as elm leaves, which, if they love, love only the wide blue sky and the air and the idea of elm leaves.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010

With Jenny effaced by her own choice, this unmeant challenge fired Lacey to response; their fleet-footed feelings raced against one another, still neck and neck as they drew near the goal.

From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony

What words are these," she said, "that they pass thy lips so easily and so unmeant, perchance from long practice?

From She and Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider

Never to screen Behind the unmeant word the sharp surprise Of cunning; never tell the little lies Of look or thought.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James