A boxy little plane with square unswept wings. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
unswept floors. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
There's a lute unswept, and a harp without strings. From Wordnik.com. [Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two] Reference
The tiles were unswept and dust lay in the corners. From Wordnik.com. [The Dressmaker] Reference
Haussman unswept by workmen as on an Alpine glacier. From Wordnik.com. [Time Regained] Reference
There was no ground unswept by fire on which to train. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
The handful of dishes went dirty, the floor went unswept. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
Yep, that unswept, je ne sais quoi look is the collection's thing. From Wordnik.com. [Christy Ferer: Donna Karan Celebrates 25 Years] Reference
Darkness gathered in the unswept corners, and thickened on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
If dust is to be raised from the unswept parlour, you may be sure it will. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
The steps were uneven and gritty from unswept particles deposited by shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
The boys remain quiet, until someone accidentally steps onto an unswept chip. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
It was a large apartment, unfurnished and unswept of the cobweps of many years. From Wordnik.com. [The Italian] Reference
He fell face first to the floor, stirring the unswept dust with his last, desperate thrashing. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Queen]
Boxes and lumber filled it; old dresses draped its unstained wall — cobwebs its unswept ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
The main staircase and parlour hall were unswept because of the absence of the regular scrub-woman. From Wordnik.com. [Jennie Gerhardt] Reference
Metal security doors, their locks broken, slammed and clanged hollow through unlit, unswept passages. From Wordnik.com. [Alastair Humphreys: For Russia With a Smile] Reference
The snow had drifted into huge piles at the sides; and, as they advanced, it lay unswept on their track. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
Little bit of a room, rude board floor unswept, 2 chairs, unpainted white pine table — void the furniture!. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
The library was a movie house then, known to neighborhood kids as the Dumps for its sour odors and unswept debris. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
I took photos of the peeling paint on the exterior, and the unswept outdoor walkways, buried under large piles of ficus leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Protect Yourself Against Unprofessional Landlords] Reference
Odd sheets of newspaper lay about, and lengths of twine; the floors were unswept, the beds unmade; one of the children had dropped a glove. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
The town itself is a trifle unsavoury and unswept. From Wordnik.com. [East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne] Reference
He does leave much of these outward issues unswept away by. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms] Reference
Ah! there was the hearth unswept, and the fire wanted making up!. From Wordnik.com. [A Double Story] Reference
A man could find some comfort in an unswept attic or an unwashed shirt. From Wordnik.com. [A Miscellany of Men] Reference
He looked towards the sidewalk and saw that he had left one step unswept. From Wordnik.com. [In His Steps] Reference
Wind had whirled the leaves in upon the temple floors, and they lay there unswept. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Continent] Reference
The avenue was unswept and untended, and here and there boughs broken off by wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Shuttle] Reference
There were two steps still unswept but Jerry left them untouched by his lazy broom. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry's Charge Account] Reference
She had left the house as it was -- beds unmade, rooms unswept, breakfast table uncleared. From Wordnik.com. [One Basket] Reference
So Jacob followed his nose, which led him through unswept streets to the homes of the poorest. From Wordnik.com. [Strictly business: more stories of the four million] Reference
Boxes and lumber filled it; old dresses draped its unstained wall -- cobwebs its unswept ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
If dust is to be raised from the unswept parlour, you may be sure it will 'fly abundantly' in the picture. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
It happened occasionally -- you would find stub ends and broken shards of the past, accumulating like dustballs in an unswept corner. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
We have learned that pestilences will only take up their abode among those who have prepared unswept and ungarnished residences for them. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
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