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

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 Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

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

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)

An hour passed, and still she sat unassured, restless of thought and conscious only that an encroaching darkness had obscured a vista on which her eyes had loved to dwell.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar