unaccustomed
Example Sentences
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Unaccustomed to being contradicted by soldiers, Issa spun around.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Unaccustomed to notifying so many families at once, the Army hired taxi drivers to deliver the telegrams.
From New York Times • May 14, 2023
Unaccustomed to losing so many relatively straightforward points, Djokovic started overhitting, committing errors instead of winners.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2021
Unaccustomed to Tinseltown’s ways, he would simply say that he ran a website and entertainment company.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2019
Unaccustomed to such strenuous labor, they would stop digging as they pleased, basking in the sun until they were trodden on by columns of marching rats.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing unaccustomed
Flowers for Algernon
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Stories of Ourselves
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