Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not divided; unparted, as the hair. Not shed; not spilled: as, blood unshed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Not parted or divided, as the hair.
  • adjective Not spilt, or made to flow, as blood or tears.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That has not been shed.

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Examples

  • The unshed tears burned my eyes, and I turned away from him and went to sleep.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • The sweat of my fear stung the cut on my head, my eyes burned with rage and unshed tears, and a wretchedness of shame at my own stupid ignorance.

    Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

  • She looked back up at him and her eyes were shining with unshed tears.

    The Boundaries of Temptation (2/5) amberfocus 2009

  • Her brother, off to preschool this year, anxiously boarded the bus, then stopped, looked back and waved goodbye with a hint of an unshed tear lurking behind his lashes.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery Jack Canfield 2011

  • The unshed tears burned my eyes, and I turned away from him and went to sleep.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • What about Dilly? she cried, eyes wide, glittering with unshed tears.

    A little festive fibbing 2011

  • She grits her teeth against the pain, unshed tears glittering in her eyes.

    New Doctor/Rose Ficlet: STRAWBERRIES rabid1st 2009

  • She lay there, her stomach churning and her eyes stinging with unshed tears.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • She lay there, her stomach churning and her eyes stinging with unshed tears.

    How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011

  • Saxon, with a sudden rush of happy, unshed tears, held one of the little shirts up to his lips.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

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