Great thoughts, great feelings came to them, Like instincts, unawares. From LearnThat.org. [Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885).]
Rain caught them unawares. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Came upon the diamond unawares. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Such a record as his, such a look in the eyes, the expression unawares of a life of sustained effort -- always in one direction ". From Wordnik.com. [A Touch of Sun and Other Stories] Reference
"unawares," an uncouth alteration, which, though it has a glimmering of sense, appears to me almost as absurd as the word it supplies. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc] Reference
The fever of the times had infected them unawares. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His stepping on it unawares had caused his stumble. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
When you do die, I don't want to be caught unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Keep breathing] Reference
Carol is taken unawares, and therefore at a disadvantage. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
At long last, though, uncertainty came to Lewis, unawares. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Leap Of Faith] Reference
Mr. Myers is being careful not to get taken unawares again. From Wordnik.com. [When You're Most Vulnerable to Fraud] Reference
"If Serge knew that I had seen him unawares he would never forgive me!". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"I have seen him," she answered, with a burning blush, being taken unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
I popt unawares on an old fox and her four young cubs that were playing about. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
She remained to learn, unawares, the reason for which Jeanne kept her husband. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'Never mind,' said Peter, 'there are no wild beasts to spring at you unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
She hurries along the well-worn path unawares, passing under his particular tree. From Wordnik.com. [Ecce viator : Behold the Traveler] Reference
The star shells were thrown so that they could not be taken unawares in the dark. From Wordnik.com. [In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France] Reference
Not one of them could say where this outlet was; but they were guided through it unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
For all the advances of information technology, big economic turns always take us unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Out of It!] Reference
Salina was taken unawares by some who had no roguish black eyed lady-loves laughing behind them. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
How would her conduct be judged should the other pupils and Sister Agatha steal upon them unawares?. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Your husband, whom you think far away, is within call, perhaps, and will come and take you unawares. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Had he foreseen this blow he would have left Paris until the trial was over, but he was taken unawares. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Yet I dared not look round, lest I should in that instant come upon him unawares in the shadows in front. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
She came back upstairs and stood next to the bed, for that is where I was, my wife slumbering unawares beside me. From Wordnik.com. [I can have my dream house, at least until I wake up] Reference
A stealthy satellite, maneuvered by its hydrazine-fueled jets into a new orbit, could catch the bad guys unawares. From Wordnik.com. [A Flash in the Night Sky] Reference
There was only one way -- by taking the enemy unawares -- by stealing a march upon them when it was least expected. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
I moved a step or two forward, gingerly, reaching out with my hands, lest I struck, unawares, against some unseen thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
He did this while I was his enemy, without my desires, without my knowledge, without my deserts; he did it unawares to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
The boys happened to be "down the wind" from him, and this would explain how it was they came upon him apparently unawares. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
To obtain his portraits Mr. Furniss would stalk his quarries unawares: for self-consciousness in a sitter kills all character. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
That whosoever shall kill a person unawares may flee to them, and may escape the wrath of the kinsman, who is the avenger of blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 06: Josue The Challoner Revision] Reference
The child's singing of her last song had induced in him then -- wholly unawares, wholly unaccountably -- a sudden mental nausea and. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
They look like simple-minded farmers, and yet they are all devils who have put on the guise of men in order to be able to take us unawares. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
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