To a stern, irresponsive world great secrets to disclose. From Wordnik.com. [Home Lyrics] Reference
Paul becomes irresponsive, and when pressed, fiercely petulant. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Such might be irresponsive, but doubtless had been fearfully real to. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
All the leaves remained depressed and irresponsive for several hours. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
Mute, close, irresponsive to any glancing light, his dress is like himself. From Wordnik.com. [Bleak House] Reference
But she was irresponsive because she was shy, uncomfortably, painfully shy. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Square] Reference
He could not read that silent, irresponsive nature nor measure his influence over her. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
All nature is responsive to the return of the summer, wilt thou, My Bride, be irresponsive to My love?. From Wordnik.com. [Union and Communion] Reference
There are occasional bursts of penitence, followed by more irresponsive, resentful silences and replies. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
It was shown that when the plant had a surfeit of drink, it became excessively lethargic and irresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
I alone remained irresponsive, for at that very moment every fibre of my being was strained to nervous rigidity. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
After a worried friend called 911, paramedics broke down the door to find the shirtless DJ irresponsive in his bed. From Wordnik.com. [Heath Ledger Death Suicide: Heath Ledger Death Accidental Overdose Or Suicide, Police Say] Reference
But she looked at him cold, irresponsive, defiant, and he rushed away before the old man came back with the whiskey. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
But she drew herself away, irresponsive and rigid, being uneasy and frightened at the escapade she had been led into. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
If well-supported rumors are to be believed, even customs-officials have not always been irresponsive to golden arguments. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 10, October, 1888] Reference
Altough the Blender window updates itself, the Blender user interface is still irresponsive when running an IPython session. From Wordnik.com. [Resumable IPython inside Blender Terminal] Reference
Why should she not tell her grief to the responsive hills, and send it as far as her voice might carry over the irresponsive sea?. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
I will nevertheless hazard this confession, for I should otherwise seem to myself to be grossly irresponsive to a delightful hospitality. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
She looked me in the face with grave irresponsive eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
I should be a burden, barely a living one, irresponsive and cold. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Suddenly into those blank, irresponsive eyes there leaped recognition. From Wordnik.com. [Michael] Reference
She sighed once or twice as she glanced at the girl's irresponsive face. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Wilton Chase] Reference
Clearly, as mayor, Nutter was not going to be irresponsive to the snowfall. From Wordnik.com. [The Temple News] Reference
For a while he was irresponsive, then slowly his eyes returned to her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Masquerader] Reference
Miss Nelson took Ermengarde's hand; it lay cold and irresponsive in her clasp. From Wordnik.com. [The Children of Wilton Chase] Reference
A sort of mill, this, wound up to grind in a certain way, and irresponsive otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Studies] Reference
If he endeavoured to make her present, as a rule the picturing faculty was irresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [The Emancipated] Reference
Bob sometimes thought his cheek must feel the wind of a sound to which his ear was irresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2] Reference
Her eyes were fixed on the carpet, and her face was as irresponsive to the welcome offered as she could make it. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
"He told me this tale," Mrs. Sumfit continued, daring her irresponsive enemy to contradict her, with a threatening gaze. From Wordnik.com. [Rhoda Fleming — Complete] Reference
How had Hepzibah -- grim, silent, and irresponsive to her overflow of cordial sentiment -- contrived to win so much love?. From Wordnik.com. [House of the Seven Gables] Reference
I had thought of London as a large, free, welcoming, adventurous place, and I saw it slovenly and harsh and irresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
The Englishman, though generally insensible of, or at any rate irresponsive to, the arts, is never irresponsive to a view. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography] Reference
Most observers agree that the system has become irresponsive to the needs of increasing number of Americans, and has stopped. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Malaysia, Yunnan to strengthen tourism cooperation] Reference
Rather should it be a matter of surprise that the power is still with us, that it is not wholly irresponsive to the voice of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer] Reference
Mr. Gibson looked gravely at her, irresponsive to her winning looks, which at the moment reminded him too forcibly of her mother's ways. From Wordnik.com. [Wives and Daughters] Reference
The imprudent child could not forbear to glance at me; but I, seeing the dragon's watchful eye upon me, remained absolutely irresponsive. From Wordnik.com. [Frivolous Cupid] Reference
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