unawares
Example Sentences
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Harteveldt also said the airlines are making schedule changes well ahead of peak summer travel season so as not to catch travelers unawares.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Federal prosecutors disagreed, indicating they were caught unawares by his removal and still hoped to bring Flores to trial — if he ever returns to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
He "sent it" around the outside with full commitment, and caught Piastri - an instinctive and clinical racer himself, normally - unawares.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
All of those clips are mesmerizing and alluring and haunting, as if we’re actually looking at invisible spirits or fairies captured unawares.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
He gave me a shy, hopeful little smile as he balanced his bowl on his lap, and it took me unawares because I was beginning to feel as though I’d left smiles behind for good.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
