unawares

Example Sentences

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I thought of Hebrews 13:2: “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Europeans were left scrambling for a seat at the table last week, after they were seemingly caught unawares when the US draft peace plan was presented.

From BBC

The entire plot is driven by Blackthorne’s revelation that even the Christian lords’ European allies are secretly building an army with which they intend to take all of Japan unawares.

From New York Times

That the government is always caught unawares shows a depressing underinvestment in the waterworks of its cities and its rural areas.

From BBC

Because forecasters were caught unawares, so were local residents, who only expected perhaps a Category 2 storm.

From Scientific American