unawares
Example Sentences
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Harteveldt also said the airlines are making schedule changes well ahead of peak summer travel season so as not to catch travelers unawares.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Europeans were left scrambling for a seat at the table last week, after they were seemingly caught unawares when the US draft peace plan was presented.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025
The entire plot is driven by Blackthorne’s revelation that even the Christian lords’ European allies are secretly building an army with which they intend to take all of Japan unawares.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Because forecasters were caught unawares, so were local residents, who only expected perhaps a Category 2 storm.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023
Alysane Mormont, whose men name her the She-Bear, hidfighters inside a gaggle of fishing sloops and took the ironmen unawares where they lay off the strand.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
