unforeseen attack
Example Sentences
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This is an age when unforeseen attack could come with unprecedented speed.
From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.
The start which this unforeseen attack gave him made him drop the candle; he stooped to pick it up, but could not find it.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian
His face presented a curious stolidity of look, as if a protection against some unforeseen attack.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings
The main thing was to find out whether there was any entrance to the house which could allow of an unforeseen attack.
From The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
Often while the attention of a young crocodile is wholly engaged by one of the zamuros, another seizes the favourable opportunity for an unforeseen attack.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
