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
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
Lady Eveline approached his bedside with unassured steps, fearing she knew not what, yet earnest to testify the interest she felt in the distresses of the sufferer.
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
When the answer came, it was strangely deprecatory, uncertain, unassured.
From Vera, the Medium by Richard Harding Davis
It recalled to her the ways of his pathetic youth, his youth that obscurity made wild and shy and unassured.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
