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Every once in a while the wind caught the water as it trickled from the eaves, and sent it flying abroad in a chill unsparkling spray.
The Uncalled A Novel Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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Dante Gabriel's own descriptions of Elizabeth Eleanor are too much retouched to be accurate; but William Rossetti, who viewed her with a critical eye, describes her as "tall, finely formed, with lofty neck; regular, yet uncommon, features; greenish-blue, unsparkling eyes; large, perfect eyelids; brilliant complexion, and a lavish wealth of dark molten-gold hair."
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers Elbert Hubbard 1885
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_ -- After brief unsparkling debate Plural Voters Bill read
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 Various 1898
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Possibly Alleyn’s manner had made him change his mind and substitute a number of singularly unsparkling congratulations delivered in a stifled tone from somewhere to the region of his epiglottis.
Killer Dolphin Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1966
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