unasked-for
Example Sentences
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The design team, responding to the work’s fluidity, enjoys keeping us in the dark before ambushing us with unasked-for surprises.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
She regularly calls Maddie with unasked-for advice about finding a husband and starting a family, but doesn’t provide much in the way of a stable or steady parental presence.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023
Thompson’s Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit was one of seven dance institutions to receive large, unasked-for funds in the most recent round of donations by Scott and her husband, Dan Jewett.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021
Those with seaside houses on the Opal coast, and unasked-for front rows seats to the dramas of the camp, talk of one day being able to sell their houses again.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2016
He w'as a mine of irrelevant information and unasked-for good advice.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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