unawares

Example Sentences

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As the plane door opened, the couple were caught unawares.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2025

Muir added the bonus point before half-time, as Ben Spencer ran down the blindside from a scrum to catch Saracens unawares before passing to the winger, who sprinted over a tackle into the corner.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

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

It must have hurt as much as it caught the Reverend unawares.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou