unbreathed

[ uhn-breethd ]

adjective

1. not breathed: breathe:

   unbreathed air.

2. not disclosed; uncommunicated, as a secret.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unbreathed¹

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + breathed

Example Sentences

We threw off our cloaks, determining to see Rome before we slept, ran unbreathed to the top of the hill, an effort which so nearly exhausted us, that we could scarce stand long enough upon our feet to search over the broad campagna for the dome.

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Their faces grew pale, and their swords were unsheathed, But the vengeance that darkened their brow was unbreathed; With eyes turned to heaven, in calm resignation, They sung their last song to the God of salvation.

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To-day, when he went forth for his solitary stroll by the edge of the canal, the air, unbreathed and dewy as it was, brought him as usual a sense of undimmed delight.

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How fresh and new and unbreathed!

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But, unbreathed, untouched, ungrasped, just dreamed and dimly felt in those far-off childhood days, it was that: the mystic, wonderful reality, which was the only reality....

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