unwonted

Example Sentences

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This is because of the unwonted affection that the former president displays to his one-time arch-rival.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Some sequences verge on a romp, and the result, though far from Lanthimos’s usual territory, could well bring him an unwonted commercial success.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 16, 2018

It shows in the hard edges of her can-do personality, on guard against unwonted sentimentality and unneeded calories, sidestepping leery co-workers with a breezy smile.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Backstage, Edinburgh yielded to the south with a sea of Italians washing around the dressing rooms and up to Noseda’s closed door, where the maestro, in unwonted seclusion, was doing his new PT exercises.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2017

Her occupation, suspended by Mr. Rochester’s announcement, seemed now forgotten: her eyes, fixed on the blank wall opposite, expressed the surprise of a quiet mind stirred by unwonted tidings.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë