unrecompensed
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She looked at her daughter with cold displeasure, but under the displeasure Miranda saw the expression of despair and weariness that comes of unrecompensed toil, and a pang of remorse went through her heart.
From Clover and Blue Grass by Hall, Eliza Calvert
Man dies with unrecompensed merit and guilt: the brute does not.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
Meanwhile, Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto had been secretly fanning the discontent of the unrecompensed bushi, and had assured himself that a reversion to the military system would be widely welcomed.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
Never, perhaps, have sterner accents affirmed the sovereignty of impersonal and unrecompensed law.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
The cabildo recommend that the archdeacon Juan de Bivero receive from the king some reward for his hitherto unrecompensed services in the Philippines.
