Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not petrified; not converted into stone.
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Examples
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The "Granite State" being naturally enough deficient in pudding-stone, its children are apt to wander southward in search of that deposit, -- in the unpetrified condition.
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If unpetrified skeletons could last 750,000 years, there would be millions of them.
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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We know that petrified skeletons, encased in rock, may be millions of years old, but where are the unpetrified skeletons of men who lived even
The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments
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No power on earth -- except, perhaps, a glance from Elsie -- could have unpetrified Ian Macdonald at that moment.
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The "Granite State" being naturally enough deficient in pudding-stone, its children are apt to wander southward in search of that deposit, -- in the unpetrified condition.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The "Granite State" being naturally enough deficient in pudding-stone, its children are apt to wander southward in search of that deposit, -- in the unpetrified condition.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Shouldn’t he be unpetrified just so he can be gutted like a slaughtered lamb on the stone table if its so bloody crucial?
Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009
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Shouldn’t he be unpetrified just so he can be gutted like a slaughtered lamb on the stone table if its so bloody crucial?
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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