Verb (used with object), : Constant conflict finally unmanned him. From Dictionary.com.
“We can unman men before the fight as well as after!”. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman on the March]
It would unman your nerves as she slides 'round the curves. From Wordnik.com. [Buck's Camp] Reference
It would unman the kingdom, for eunuchs to free the throne. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
Dark shadows there are, but they hide no mysteries to appal and unman. From Wordnik.com. [The Unity of Civilization] Reference
But these things unman a fellow, and I need not be ashamed of my tears. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life] Reference
Dragonfear alone will unman most of our troops, make them unfit for battle. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
It was disloyal to his Lady, it might unman him, and it might even be untrue. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Mists of Door]
Caswallon closed his eyes for a moment, his emotions rising and threatening to unman him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk Eternal]
Antikas Karios feared no living man, but the thought of the demons waiting threatened to unman him. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Warriors]
Which thus unman me; stay till the council's over. From Wordnik.com. [The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07] Reference
For an instant he feared his tears would unman him. From Wordnik.com. [Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman] Reference
I will not unman thee for all thou mayest encounter. From Wordnik.com. [The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History] Reference
A weakness that even now, given rein, could unman him. From Wordnik.com. [The Rhodesian] Reference
"No regrets; they unman the heart we want for to-morrow.". From Wordnik.com. [Essays in Rebellion] Reference
A woman's tears always unman me, and make me soft-hearted. From Wordnik.com. [The Birthright] Reference
"Don't unman me, sir, afore 'em here; leave me to myself.". From Wordnik.com. [Verner's Pride] Reference
Her very bravery and confidence seemed to unman him, utterly. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Taboo] Reference
Radisson did not wait for fear to unman the Algonquin warriors. From Wordnik.com. [Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark] Reference
This servitude doth in a manner unman us, and transform us into beasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning] Reference
You have spoken truth -- not all the truth, but sufficient to unman me. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of the King] Reference
Away; think no more of me; nay! no tear, dear lady, or you will unman me. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Iskander] Reference
No regrets, her father had said; they unman the heart we want for to-morrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference
At times his emotion seemed to slip from the rein, threatening to unman him. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Disappearing] Reference
Llewelyn paused, choking back the fierce tide of passion which went far to unman him. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of Dynevor] Reference
He will do this for an hour without blinking, for he knows that in time it will unman me. From Wordnik.com. [The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens] Reference
I have made up my mind to die; but I wish these last farewells were over, for they unman me. From Wordnik.com. [Jacob Faithful] Reference
And as he spoke there was a sound in his voice as though the tidings would utterly unman him. From Wordnik.com. [Orley Farm] Reference
He was, in fact, obliged to avert his eyes from her direction, lest the sight should unman him. From Wordnik.com. [Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel] Reference
But the viceroy durst not trust me so far as to unman his ships, lest I should come against him. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
I read with disbelieve that about 300 dogs were expelled to unman island by Pulau Ketam resident. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
Perdita was too dear to him, her speechless agony too certain, and too fearful, not to unman him. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Man] Reference
He knew that the sight of homely faces would unman him, and that he would break down like a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Judgment] Reference
"But really the idea of being scalped has a strong tendency to unman a new-beginner, like myself.". From Wordnik.com. [The Spy] Reference
What crime had become his so to unman him that he dared not open and put his fate to the test?. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Days An Extravaganza] Reference
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