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- adjective That does not
sink .
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Examples
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Bring quiet, sober reason into the loftiest and loveliest enthusiasm of your faith, and then there will be something in it that will live through storm, and walk the water with unwetted and unsinking foot.
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Edward; what with the effect of his splendid person, towering above all present by the head, and moving lightly, with each impulse, through the mass of a mail that few there could have borne unsinking, this assertion of absolute power in the midst of mutiny -- an army marching to the gates -- imposed an unwilling reverence and sullen silence mixed with anger, that, while it chafed, admired.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The characteristic arrogance -- the undoubting anticipation of victory -- the utter thoughtlessness -- the unsinking vivacity of the French soldiery, were then at the highest pitch.
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829
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I have cast the golden goblet of happiness into a maelstrom, and he alone, who walked unsinking the waves of Galilee, can bring back the lost treasure from the dark and boiling vortex.
Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author Caroline Lee Hentz 1828
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a mail that few there could have borne unsinking, this assertion of absolute power in the midst of mutiny -- an army marching to the gates -- imposed an unwilling reverence and sullen silence mixed with anger, that, while it chafed, admired.
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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