unsex
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Lady Macbeth has no such qualms when she’s summoning evil spirits to unsex her in “Macbeth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
Can a ballot in the hand of woman, and dignity on her brow, more unsex her than do a scepter and a crown?
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Gentlemen, we ask nothing that would unsex ourselves.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
George Eliot, as a true artist, sees what is faulty in the catastrophe, but she will not unsex her creation.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
Come, come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; And fill me from the crown to the toe, top full Of direst cruelty!
From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.