unwarned

Example Sentences

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Unwarned, Captain De la Place and his garrison might be surprised and overwhelmed by these backwoodsmen.

From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram

Unwarned, unprovided; where nevertheless she was safely delivered that same night,—safely, as if by miracle.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Carlyle, Thomas

"Nay, smile not, I will go;    Fitzgibbon shall not fall Unwarned at least; and Heaven will guard    Its messenger-in-thrall."

From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Curzon, Sarah Anne

Unwarned, unprepared, he is suddenly ushered before being, and stands awe-struck in the presence of—himself.

From The Soul of the Far East by Lowell, Percival

And softly, when slumber was deep, Unwarned by a shadow before, On a halcyon billow of sleep To float to the Thitherward shore.

From Literary Hearthstones of Dixie by Pickett, La Salle Corbell