incautiousness

Example Sentences

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We lay till late at night by our small camp fire, and watched the terribly-beautiful scene, regretting our incautiousness or neglect, which had entailed such fearful destruction.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

Ruth suspected that she had done a dangerous thing in mentioning the matter, and she regretted her incautiousness; though she did not see where the danger lay.

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold

This he did with a wild incautiousness, the patience of the true scout overcome by his anxiety to do what he intended as soon as possible.

From The Secret Battle by Herbert, A. P.

His head and hand worked well together, and he seldom had to fight his way out of dangers into which his own incautiousness had led him.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

Yet let us not, therefore, blame the inherent love of facts, but 198 the incautiousness of their selection, and impertinence of their statement.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John