unsought
Example Sentences
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The Sugarplum Fairy, after an unsought interregnum, is presiding over the Land of Sweets at the New York City Ballet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Someday, Portland’s anonymous vandals may confront in their own lives unsought circumstances that require an agonizing decision.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2020
That’s because the second, unsought product of their big night out is knowledge and empathy, and learning to question the disparaging assumptions they’ve made about their classmates who seemingly coasted through high school.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
Arthur’s Jeddah Diary series, an intimate portrait of young women in Saudi Arabia, is a prime example of this unsought advantage.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 30, 2017
“Guarded by sentries and high barriers from unsought contact with all beyond, great gangs of us, healthy, robust men, live and labor in a marvelous artificial world,” he wrote.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
