unforeseen attack
Example Sentences
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His face presented a curious stolidity of look, as if a protection against some unforeseen attack.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings
The start which this unforeseen attack gave him made him drop the candle; he stooped to pick it up, but could not find it.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian
At the sound of this wholly unforeseen attack by the French, panic spread amongst our enemies, the majority of whom took to their heels without even picking up their weapons.
From The Memoirs of General Baron De Marbot by Colt, Oliver C.
Often while the attention of a young crocodile is wholly engaged by one of the zamuros, another seizes the favourable opportunity for an unforeseen attack.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
Ever since that time, any sly and unforeseen attack has been called by the French a coup de Jarnac.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Mackay, Charles
