unassured

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The passing mention of “civil war” is I believe an unnamed reference to the 1786 Shays’ rebellion which reminds us even from Justice Story’s 1837 vantage that our nation’s continued existence has often been unassured.

From Forbes • May 12, 2015

I felt unassured in regard to my condition, and was half disposed to believe that I was still asleep and imagining horrors!

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

The priest said the words and paused while they were repeated; by one voice firmly and strongly, by the other low and unassured, yet clear.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

This being graciously accorded, the mate, with a most doleful countenance, and a very unassured voice, made answer to the plain interrogative of the Clerk of Arraigns-- "Not guilty, my Lord."

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

Still He persisted in his design; and with a voice unassured and frequent interruptions, He contrived to finish the four first lines of the page.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)