unsought
Example Sentences
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On the 21st of April, only a third of the way through spring, our 88 degrees may have seemed thermal precocity, an unsought rush to summer.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
The Sugarplum Fairy, after an unsought interregnum, is presiding over the Land of Sweets at the New York City Ballet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
It’s a reminder of the possibility of a built environment in which not just monuments but all the moments of everyday life could be—in the sense of being endowed with unsought grace, calm, and dignity—Stollerized.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2019
“That is an unintended, unsought after byproduct of the movie,” Hunter says.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2017
“Guarded by sentries and high barriers from unsought contact with all beyond, great gangs of us, healthy, robust men, live and labor in a marvelous artificial world,” he wrote.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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