unsex

Example Sentences

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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

Going from unisex to unsex, The Lodge At Harvard Square, with 17 New England outlets, sells its women customers huge quantities of old-fashioned men's chino pants, whose seats rapidly become modishly baggy on distaff derri�res.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beat purer, heart, and higher, Till God unsex thee on the heavenly shore Where unincarnate spirits purely aspire!

From Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete by Niecks, Frederick

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

But the woman is drawn only by one feeling; she does not unsex herself,--she espouses holiness.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright