unsought

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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

In the final chapters of “Fled,” Jenny reflects on her unsought notoriety: She is a curiosity, a spectacle, a source of entertainment for an audience that can never really know her.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2019

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

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