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In literature, "unconfined" is a versatile adjective that vividly conveys the idea of freedom and lack of restraint in both physical and metaphorical realms. Authors use it to describe tangible elements, as when garments fall freely about the waist ([1]) or hair flows without constraint ([2], [3]), evoking images of natural, unbound beauty. At the same time, the term often enhances abstract emotions and states of mind—rendering moments of ecstasy as limitless ([4]), portraying joy as overflowing without barriers ([5], [6]), and even illustrating language or thought as liberated from convention ([7]). In technical or scientific contexts, it denotes situations where materials or forces act without containment, as in uncontrolled explosions or unrestrained natural forces ([8], [9]). Whether applied to the physical environment, emotional experience, or intellectual expression, "unconfined" serves to underscore a sense of expansive, unmitigated freedom ([10], [11]).
  1. The ladies, however, wore their garments unconfined at the waist, very full, and with long trains.
    — from A Handbook of Pictorial History by Henry W. Donald
  2. Her beautiful hair fell down unconfined on her shoulders.
    — from Lucretia BorgiaAccording to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius
  3. A straw hat with a simple feather, covered her head, beneath which her curling black hair flowed in unconfined luxuriance.
    — from The Rover of the Andes: A Tale of Adventure on South America by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
  4. For it was a moment of ecstasy; the word "moment" being measured by the rule of space, limitless and unconfined.
    — from Princess Zara by Ross Beeckman
  5. I say, on with the dance, let joy be unconfined, there is gladness unabated since Maggie Murphy dined.
    — from Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol 1, No. 11, August, 1920 America's Magazine of Wit, Humor and Filosophy by Various
  6. A moment later unconfined joy filled their hearts, for the printing on the cards was identical.
    — from Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol by Robert Sidney Bowen
  7. His language, therefore, must be free and unconfined, but not loose and irregular, that he may appear to walk at ease, without reeling or tottering.
    — from Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  8. It requires a very high temperature to ignite it, and cannot, under ordinary circumstances, when unconfined, be exploded by the application of heat.
    — from Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
  9. [217] 2.—45 grains of fulminate of mercury, exploded unconfined on the surface of a piece of compressed gun-cotton, only inflames or disperses it.
    — from Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare Containing a Complete and Concise Account of the Rise and Progress of Submarine Warfare by Charles William Sleeman
  10. Let the growth of this beautiful part be left as unconfined as the young cedar, or as the lily of the field.
    — from The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
  11. “Anyway,” claimed Silvia hopefully, “it’s a treat to see woods, water, and sky unconfined.”
    — from Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates

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