unpremeditated
Example Sentences
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“It was a clumsy attempt that seemed unpremeditated and it didn’t make sense.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
After deliberating for about 30 hours over six days, jurors found McClam not guilty of first-degree, or premeditated, murder but said they could not reach a verdict on a charge of second-degree, or unpremeditated, murder.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
If death is always trying to spirit Carol away, like a demon lover, and psychosis comes suddenly for Anna, like an unpremeditated assault, it’s life that grinds Bonnie down.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
Mr Trump signed a full pardon of Mr Behenna, who has served five years for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone.
From BBC ● May 7, 2019
“I want to see your uncle first. Kit — ” His words came in an unpremeditated rush.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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