unwonted
Example Sentences
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As she spoke, Lucy turned crimson, though it was only momentarily, for her poor wasted veins could not stand for long such an unwonted drain to the head.
From Literature
Her occupation, suspended by Mr. Rochester’s announcement, seemed now forgotten: her eyes, fixed on the blank wall opposite, expressed the surprise of a quiet mind stirred by unwonted tidings.
From Literature
In the unwonted quiet we all wondered apprehensively what would happen next.
From Literature
“We has news,” Bono announced to me, and the unwonted shyness of his manner conveyed his news faster than word.
From Literature
I became gripped by a quiet unwonted urge to know a little about these matters and to understand how people figured them out.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.