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
When the answer came, it was strangely deprecatory, uncertain, unassured.
From Vera, the Medium by Davis, Richard Harding
When I said I would try she looked distressfully unassured and I added "I'll do whatever risks no life but mine."
From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington
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
It was like the traveler unaccustomed to fatigue and change, forced to commence a journey, unassured of his way, and ignorant of his destination.
From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)
