Undisturbed

Examples

• The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Miss Pross had lighted the lamp, but had put it aside in a corner, that they might enjoy the fire-light undisturbed. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He breathed a sigh of relief as he drew out the little tin box, and, opening it, found his greatest treasures undisturbed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I left his false impression undisturbed, and accepted the work he had to give. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The surface of the oil remains smooth and undisturbed, while the water is agitated with the utmost commotion. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The surgeon gave him a composing draught, and ordered us to leave him undisturbed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It is the only room in the house, at this hour of the day, in which we can feel quite sure of being left undisturbed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Hitherto Lily had been undisturbed by scruples. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He advised Mr. Hale to go to bed, and leave only one to watch the slumber, which he hoped would be undisturbed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I had never thought it possible that we three could be together undisturbed, once more; and I felt, for the time, as if the old days were come back. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I withdrew from my scanty dinner to my cheap garret-chamber to secure myself a little quiet, and to think undisturbed of Laura and Marian. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• If a pebble is thrown into a quiet pool, it creates ripples or waves which spread outward in all directions, but which soon die out, leaving the pool again placid and undisturbed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Anybody can take a fling at poor old Mr. Rockefeller, but the great mass of average citizens (to which none of us belongs) must be left in undisturbed possession of its prejudices. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No, sir, don't caress me now--let me talk undisturbed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• At length, the steady ticking of the undisturbed clock on the wall tormented me to that degree that I resolved to go to bed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Down went the black legs and up came the gray head, as the preceptor said, with undisturbed dignity, Good evening, Mr. Bhaer. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The drought which Reuben administered was of a sedative and narcotic quality, and secured the patient sound and undisturbed slumbers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Even to-day when we have begun to speak of our age as a transition, there are millions of people who live in an undisturbed routine. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It likes things undisturbed, settled, and treats them as such without due warrant. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He put his pipe back in his mouth with an undisturbed expression of face, and sat as composed and contented as if we were already out of England. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In that sacred rest I leave her--in that dread companionship let her remain undisturbed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The ashes of the original British pyre which blazed from that summit lay fresh and undisturbed in the barrow beneath their tread. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I kept my seat, undisturbed, and related the whole scene as it had occurred. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Had Ginevra Fanshawe been my companion in that drawing-room, she would not have suffered me to muse and listen undisturbed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Five days of undisturbed tranquillity, of delicious single blessedness, quite restored me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Thank you, Don Roberto, Fernando said, undisturbed by Agustín. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She motioned me away with a look of scorn, saying in an harsh voice, as she pointed downwards, There at least I may have her undisturbed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• One of the two had been in undisturbed possession of him (as I supposed) up to this time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They left him undisturbed, and passed out at the wicket-gate. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn, outwardly quite undisturbed, demands, Why not? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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