unwarily
Example Sentences
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No Hercules in any sense, William Dudley Pelley might well have felt last week that he had unwarily donned the shirt of Nessus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ceiling leaks plaster, the walls are held upright by a huge wall divider, and one can step unwarily on a rug, as Eugene does, and sink a foot or so through the rotting floorboards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Evangelist Billy Graham was unwarily inspecting his flock of three sheep near his North Carolina mountain home.
From Time Magazine Archive
William Henry Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston, last week gave decisive publication to his wrath against certain English hymns which Roman Catholics have unwarily allowed into their funeral services.
From Time Magazine Archive
When something delicious-smelling ran unwarily past him, he found he had pounced on it and pinned it down without thought.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
