unpremeditated

Example Sentences

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“It was a clumsy attempt that seemed unpremeditated and it didn’t make sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

After deliberating for about 30 hours over six days, jurors found McClam not guilty of first-degree, or premeditated, murder but said they could not reach a verdict on a charge of second-degree, or unpremeditated, murder.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

Mr Trump signed a full pardon of Mr Behenna, who has served five years for unpremeditated murder in a combat zone.

From BBC • May 7, 2019

It’s almost shocking to see how Matisse progressed from those uncertain tries to the final images, which seem unpremeditated, as if born in a moment of divine inspiration.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2015

More effective, although unpremeditated, were the obstacles erected by the four little boys, Fred, Dan, Jack, and Bob, who kept running in and out of the rooms where the older girls were entertaining their callers.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey