unassured
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The passing mention of “civil war” is I believe an unnamed reference to the 1786 Shays’ rebellion which reminds us even from Justice Story’s 1837 vantage that our nation’s continued existence has often been unassured.
From Forbes ● May 12, 2015
An hour passed, and still she sat unassured, restless of thought and conscious only that an encroaching darkness had obscured a vista on which her eyes had loved to dwell.
From Eden An Episode by Edgar Saltus
Lady Eveline approached his bedside with unassured steps, fearing she knew not what, yet earnest to testify the interest she felt in the distresses of the sufferer.
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
The first act, however, afforded her so little scope for acting, that she left the stage unassured of her own success.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various
Still He persisted in his design; and with a voice unassured and frequent interruptions, He contrived to finish the four first lines of the page.
From The Monk; a romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis
