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insentient
adj 2
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4ADJ.
hard
VERB + INSENTIENT
set
INSENTIENT + NOUN
thing
PREP.
upon
Definitions
adj
1
Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate.
[O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed.
2
Insensitive, indifferent.
His thought is tied, the curving prow / Of motion moored to rock; / And minutes burst upon a brow / Insentient to shock.
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[O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed.
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His thought is tied, the curving prow / Of motion moored to rock; / And minutes burst upon a brow / Insentient to shock.
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