Example Sentences

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I replied, though, unthwarted, “All mine, too, are imported! See this one in my pocket? It’s phlegmish.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020

End, pretty much, with an eager and unthwarted pilot, zooming down the narrow canyon of a spaceship, with his wingmen taking hits on his behalf and a tiny yet crucial target in his sights?

From The New Yorker • Dec. 18, 2015

Unlike many a prodigy, young Marjorie Edwards is a natural, unthwarted person who rides a bicycle, collects stamps, wishes she could tap dance better than she does, reveres Yehudi Menuhin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Strong and unthwarted from her childhood, and disappointed in her marriage, she had grown to look upon herself as a being above laws of heaven or earth, and answerable to no one for her deeds.

From Via Crucis by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Let this suffice us still,   Resting in childlike trust upon His will,   Who moves to His great ends, unthwarted by the ill.

From Daily Strength for Daily Needs by Tileston, Mary W.