Sentence example with the word 'unsubstantial'

unsubstantial

adulterated, dainty, disintegrating, ghostly, incredible, ostensible, rotten at, supernatural, unconvincing, unsteadfast

Last update: July 30, 2015


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He expressed in an eager, disjointed, but condensed and laboured fashion, certain deep-lying convictions - that philosophy must come back from unsubstantial metaphysics to the solid facts of human nature and natural science, that the human body was no less important than the human spirit ("Der Mensch ist was er isst") and that Christianity was utterly out of harmony with the age.   [adjective]

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It was not long before the unsubstantial character of all these undertakings.   [adjective]

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Only a recollection by men--a glory unsubstantial as moonshine on the brow of the great bust; a story in stone--nothing more.   [adjective]

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The aunt is going to call on your unsubstantial father.   [adjective]

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Emerson is a great searcher for facts, but they seem to melt away and become unsubstantial in his grasp.   [adjective]

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He expressed in an eager, disjointed, but condensed and laboured fashion, certain deep-lying convictions - that philosophy must come back from unsubstantial metaphysics to the solid facts of human nature and natural science, that the human body was no less important than the human spirit ("Der Mensch ist was er isst") and that Christianity was utterly out of harmony with the age.   [Please select]

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Here it builds its unsubstantial nest of a few sticks, and lays two eggs.   [Please select]

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All remains on my memory now like the unsubstantial fragments of a hideous dream.   [Please select]

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Lehzen, the Baron, Uncle Leopold, are unsubstantial shadows--the incidental supers of the piece.   [Please select]

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"Here," she continued, "you are a little too shadowy, too unsubstantial, in this light, Dick."   [Please select]

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Her companion was tall, gracious in bearing and movement, but unsubstantial, a luminous shadow merely.   [Please select]

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