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  • And, heeding but their selfish fears left the sick, unnursed, to die.

    The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

  • The rag-doll lay a yard away from her on the poop deck, unnursed; even the wretched box and its whereabouts she seemed to have quite forgotten.

    The Blue Lagoon: a romance 1907

  • Over the next few days, the broodmares’ udders swelled under the weight of their unnursed milk, cracking and bleeding as they stood in the farthest corner of the front pasture—the closest they could get to the sounds of their frantic, screaming foals.

    The God of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007

  • Over the next few days, the broodmares’ udders swelled under the weight of their unnursed milk, cracking and bleeding as they stood in the farthest corner of the front pasture—the closest they could get to the sounds of their frantic, screaming foals.

    The God of Animals Aryn Kyle 2007

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