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for an unknown but enormous length
They had food and water and physical comfort, but they were exactly in the situation of men sentenced to prison for an unknown but enormous length of time.
— from Sand Doom by Murray Leinster

free and unhampered by either love
he judged that it was not all conveyed in Martha Merrick's subtle letter—Louise would surely be free and unhampered by either love or maternal diplomacy for some time to come.
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

for an unrehearsed but extremely lively
It was true that camels just naturally frightened horses and mules, and thus were responsible for an unrehearsed but extremely lively rodeo wherever they made an unexpected appearance.
— from Hi Jolly! by Jim Kjelgaard

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