unawares
Example Sentences
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Harteveldt also said the airlines are making schedule changes well ahead of peak summer travel season so as not to catch travelers unawares.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
As the plane door opened, the couple were caught unawares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2025
He "sent it" around the outside with full commitment, and caught Piastri - an instinctive and clinical racer himself, normally - unawares.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
All of those clips are mesmerizing and alluring and haunting, as if we’re actually looking at invisible spirits or fairies captured unawares.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
I look away and then look back quickly, trying to catch myself unawares to get a more accurate picture, trying to see what Olly will see.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
