unknowingly
Example Sentences
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According to Southern Section’s Blue Book rule 500.5, “Any school knowingly or unknowingly violating the rule may be suspended from membership in the CIF Southern Section.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
A street performer singing Coldplay covers unknowingly had a duet with the band’s singer Chris Martin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Farmers may unknowingly buy diseased plants. The trees may look healthy initially, but after five or seven years they can suddenly die, causing huge financial losses," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I’m all too aware of how quickly behavior can turn compulsive and how even the most temperate individual can unknowingly find themselves in over their head.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
If I have wounded your sister’s feelings, it was unknowingly done and though the motives which governed me may to you very naturally appear insufficient, I have not yet learnt to condemn them.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
