Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unbroken.
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- verb Simple past of
unbreak .
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Examples
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"It's a thousand miles, I'm sayin 'an' most of the trail unbroke, but I bet any chechaquo -- anything he wants -- that Daylight makes Dyea in thirty days."
Chapter III 2010
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And knowing that his beloved was as skittish about wedding days as an unbroke yearling was of a rider—that was the icing on the cake.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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And knowing that his beloved was as skittish about wedding days as an unbroke yearling was of a rider—that was the icing on the cake.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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So given a particular social problem, say poverty, both sides might have equal amounts of empathy, yet the liberal will blame big societal problems for the reason people are broke, the conservative will blame the individual who is broke for not finding a way to get unbroke.
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I understand that there are folks really feeling the pinch, afraid to lose their homes/jobs -- and we too were feeling the pinch until we finally did another hoopshop (which was great -- Chicago -- my new favorite city for so many reasons) and got a little unbroke.
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The captain, when left to himself, will not fail to turn his ludicrous side to the company, but if any man attempts to force him into that attitude, he becomes stubborn as a mule, and unmanageable as an elephant unbroke.
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Next day, at Buon Convento, where the emperor Henry VII. was poisoned by a friar with the sacramental wafer, I refused to give money to the hostler, who in revenge put two young unbroke stone-horses in the traces next to the coach, which became so unruly, that before we had gone a quarter of a mile, they and the postilion were rolling in the dust.
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They seemed to be two upright vestal sisters, unsapped by caresses, unbroke in upon by tender salutations.
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It's a thousand miles, I'm sayin 'an' most of the trail unbroke, but I bet any chechaquo -- anything he wants -- that
Chapter III 1910
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He was a black Andalusian stallion of great power and strength, but he was unbroke, savage, and furious.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909
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