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

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)

But we did not then venture to quote any long passages from the original, unassured how they might look on our page to the eyes of Young Britain.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various

But the weight within was too great; he shuffled with his feet, rolled his eyes, and twisted his hands, like an unassured witness before an acute and not to be deceived judge.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

The first act, however, afforded her so little scope for acting, that she left the stage unassured of her own success.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various