unsought
Example Sentences
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Like the hundreds of thousands protesting Floyd’s murder, this unsought public affirmation of Black people’s innate value — by countless openhearted people who aren’t Black — felt surprising.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2021
It’s a reminder of the possibility of a built environment in which not just monuments but all the moments of everyday life could be—in the sense of being endowed with unsought grace, calm, and dignity—Stollerized.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2019
But as the story becomes about the city’s need to worship at Bauman’s wheelchair, Gyllenhaal’s sidesteps dignity and saintliness and inhabits the horror of unsought heroism.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
Arthur’s Jeddah Diary series, an intimate portrait of young women in Saudi Arabia, is a prime example of this unsought advantage.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2017
“Guarded by sentries and high barriers from unsought contact with all beyond, great gangs of us, healthy, robust men, live and labor in a marvelous artificial world,” he wrote.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
