The other intended path was to record things that are rarer, such as unsought gifts. From Wordnik.com. [Shambhala SunSpace - John Tarrant’s “Escape Arts in Delusionville”: My Average Life] Reference
But in the end their sacrifices had unsought results. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to Non-Violence] Reference
But I swear to you that the meeting was unsought by me. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
Pardon me these words of unsought advice, and believe me. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Inspiration unsought and unquestioned is a thing of the past. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
I am thankful that the offer came as it did -- unsought by you. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Friends] Reference
No matter that it comes unsought, and comes not for the seeking. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
When I think of how you came to me unsought and unbidden, and now, how. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Square, and about a hundred boys were herded there in unsought proximity. From Wordnik.com. [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference
The honor which came to him unsought was borne with the modesty of a soldier. From Wordnik.com. [The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes] Reference
His unsought promotion to the collectorship, however, was a testimonial to his ability. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
It comes not unsought to any; but the wise are wise because they think no price too high for it. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
All these warnings apply to unsought advice -- a dangerous thing to offer under any circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Study of Child Life] Reference
And she broke her public silence to reach out to her new partner in an unhappy, unsought sisterhood. From Wordnik.com. [Sports, Most Foul] Reference
No exultant vanity within him rejoiced at the knowledge that, unsought, she had learned to care for him. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
When first she came, unasked and unsought, he had been good to her; he knew his friend, he had known him from. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference
The honor was not only unsought, but he was in entire ignorance of the whole affair until after his election. From Wordnik.com. [Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men] Reference
As Wayland had said, she was formed for friendship, for joy; and that which was her own came to her unsought. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
I did not send you one farthing to purchase it; it came unsought, unasked, unexpected, as the seed of the woman came. From Wordnik.com. [Fletcher of Madeley] Reference
Quite unsought, without any conscious effort on my part, it looked as though that fortune was being given to me again. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
He did not himself seek the opening; it came to him unsought at a time when his services were still urgently needed at. From Wordnik.com. [From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington] Reference
I do not believe that I was looking for them, but they presented themselves unsought, and gave me comfort and confidence. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Fry] Reference
Philip, do you know the pathos there is in the eyes of unsought women, oppressed with the burden of an inner life unshared?. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860] Reference
Think of a man's swinging dumb-bells for his health, when those springs are bubbling up in far-off pastures unsought by him!. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
If honour comes to him, it is by no choice of his own, but as the unsought tribute which others, as it were, force upon him. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Moffat The Missionary Hero of Kuruman] Reference
Pride kept her silent, and the knowledge that she could not add to the burden he already bore the embarrassment of an unsought love. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
I usually carried a lot of these writings in my hat, and by and by, unlike most other young authors, I got a publisher unsought for. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
And already, unsought, there were forming in his mind improvements, refinements, in the rough plan which demanded his own personal action. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Crisis]
While we are thus dependent the sudden event of war, unsought and unexpected, can not fail to plunge us into the most serious difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
This evening's unexpected, unsought, unasked, free, gratuitous mercy has made the last two hours worth more than some whole days of this week. From Wordnik.com. [A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England] Reference
November came, a season of strikes; leisure for Miles, unsought and unvalued; lonely periods when the ballet school worked on and the death house stood cold and empty. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
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