incautiousness

Example Sentences

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I warned Laura very seriously against any precipitate attempts, for I saw it was probable this incautiousness would increase, provided it were encouraged.

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas

"The incautiousness of these conspirators has already saved you, empress," said Lestocq.

From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel

With the incautiousness of youth he openly avowed his royalist opinions in the cafe which he frequented.

From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Smiles, Samuel

The eloquent controversialist Bossuet and the Catholics have been careful to avail themselves of the impetuosity and incautiousness of the great German Reformer.

From The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Williams, Howard

Giffard had been captured in a moment of incautiousness, but the sights and the wantonness had fired his blood and roused a spirit of retaliation.

From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Douglas, Amanda Minnie