unassured
Example Sentences
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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
They were no longer dull, dead, emotionless, but aglow with returning life—puzzled, unassured, yet clearly conscious.
From The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War by Randall Parrish
It was like the traveler unaccustomed to fatigue and change, forced to commence a journey, unassured of his way, and ignorant of his destination.
From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
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 Sir Walter Scott
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 Edward Wilson Landor
