Example Sentences

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Would virgin sturgeon, urged or unurged, find some other spawning ground?

From Time Magazine Archive

I was their best hand, and they left no argument unurged, in order to induce me to go.

From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. by Moodie, Susanna

Mr. Carling had muffled himself past all talking, and his wife preserved the silence which was characteristic of her when unurged.

From David Harum A Story of American Life by Westcott, Edward Noyes

Horse and rider were soon at their best, the animal swinging unurged into the long, easy lope of prairie travel, the fresh air fanning the man's face as he leaned forward.

From Keith of the Border by Parrish, Randall

Clouds shroud the peaks of the cloudless Olympus; and the Scythian snows dissolve, unurged by the sun.

From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William