unawares
Example Sentences
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As the plane door opened, the couple were caught unawares.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025
Although Verstappen caught him unawares with his stunning pass into the first chicane in Imola on Sunday, Piastri has already shown he is not intimidated by the four-time champion's uncompromising approach to racing.
From BBC • May 22, 2025
All of those clips are mesmerizing and alluring and haunting, as if we’re actually looking at invisible spirits or fairies captured unawares.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Because forecasters were caught unawares, so were local residents, who only expected perhaps a Category 2 storm.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023
Because he wanted to catch people unawares, he didn’t call the luncheons margarine-testing luncheons.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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