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

This being graciously accorded, the mate, with a most doleful countenance, and a very unassured voice, made answer to the plain interrogative of the Clerk of Arraigns-- "Not guilty, my Lord."

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

But the weight within was too great; he shuffled with his feet, rolled his eyes, and twisted his hands, like an unassured witness before an acute and not to be deceived judge.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

They were no longer dull, dead, emotionless, but aglow with returning life—puzzled, unassured, yet clearly conscious.

From The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War by Parrish, Randall

But we did not then venture to quote any long passages from the original, unassured how they might look on our page to the eyes of Young Britain.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various