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

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

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

The priest said the words and paused while they were repeated; by one voice firmly and strongly, by the other low and unassured, yet clear.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

When I said I would try she looked distressfully unassured and I added "I'll do whatever risks no life but mine."

From The Cavalier by Cable, George Washington