Unrelaxed

One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself; and the moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places. ❋ Unknown (2010)

-- An unrelaxed avoidance of contractions, for emphasis: "I did not" rather than "I didn't." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Companies [troops that acknowledged no authority except that of their leaders, and who hired themselves out at will], and the unpunished oppression of the nobility, he laboured to lessen, since he could not actually stop them; and, by dint of unrelaxed attention, he gradually gained some addition to his own regal authority, or effected some diminution of those by whom it was counterbalanced. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I am feeling pretty unrelaxed, which I think is to be expected after last year. ❋ Readersguide (2007)

With unrelaxed nerves, with morning vigor, sail by it, looking another way, tied to the mast like Ulysses. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In the Gallery of the Industrial Revolution, people are unrelaxed, too. ❋ Giles Waterfield (2004)

She sat up straight, seeming unrelaxed as if poised to speak. ❋ Colm Tóibín (2004)

One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself; and the moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding places. ❋ Mary Shelley (2004)

Worth, a glass of scotch in one hand and an illegal Cuban cigar in the other, was comfortably ensconced in a deep armchair in the very plush office of the Assistant Secretary of State, He should have been contented and relaxed: he was, in fact, highly discontented and completely unrelaxed. ❋ MacLean, Alistair (1977)

CHAPTER TWO The French, even at their most relaxed and unemotional, are little given to hiding their feelings and the packed crowd at Clermont-Ferrand that day, which was notably unrelaxed and highly emotional, was in no mood to depart from their Latin norm. ❋ MacLean, Alistair, 1922- (1973)

Pleasure there was, also, in being free of the endless appointments and unrelaxed inquisition of the temporary capital, but there was no escaping the correspondence of the presidential office. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)

The British made ten shots or more for every one from an American cannon, because Washington demanded unrelaxed care to prevent the wastage of powder. ❋ Richard Harwell (1968)