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unawares
adverb as in without warning; suddenly
Example Sentences
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.
The entire plot is driven by Blackthorne’s revelation that even the Christian lords’ European allies are secretly building an army with which they intend to take all of Japan unawares.
That the government is always caught unawares shows a depressing underinvestment in the waterworks of its cities and its rural areas.
Because forecasters were caught unawares, so were local residents, who only expected perhaps a Category 2 storm.
They were taken unawares and couldn't salvage anything, she tells me as beads of tears roll down her face.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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