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Example sentences for "inadvertent"

Lexicographically close words:
inadequately; inadequateness; inadmissible; inadvertence; inadvertency; inadvertently; inadvisability; inadvisable; inalienability; inalienable
  1. But despite his failings, his ignorance, the bewildering changes in his surroundings, never a word concerning his young master escaped his lips, never an inadvertent allusion, a disastrous whisper.

  2. Mrs. Gwynn, tremulous with excitement, appreciated a moment later the inadvertent and personal admission, and a burning flush sprang into her cheeks.

  3. Destruction, the inadvertent incident of haste, or the concomitant of clumsy accoutrements, seemed to attend their steps.

  4. The unhappy man, by whose inadvertent hand Mr. Aytoun fell, and for whom Mr. Rutherford has suffered, is lately dead.

  5. Before examining this apparent inconsistency, let us note Mr. Frazer's inadvertent proof that his irreligious Australians are religious.

  6. Littleā€™s inadvertent information had been that the B had stopped opposite V, so that the code on which I was working was the following: Code II.

  7. An inadvertent motion tipped her lamp, and one drop of burning oil, running over the narrow brim, fell upon Cupid's naked shoulder.

  8. Nor is it strange at any time to see a reprobate fool throwing his poisonous language about, and committing his extravagancies against those, more especially, who are so inadvertent as to concern themselves with him.

  9. It minimized the chance for some inadvertent slip-up.

  10. Would it not be advisable to say a few words to this man to prevent any inadvertent remark in the presence of your grandmother?

  11. He addressed her several times by her new name, Mrs. Colwan; but she turned away her head disgusted, and looked with pity and contempt towards the old inadvertent sinner, capering away in the height of his unregenerated mirth.

  12. If he were caught, if a single inadvertent sound betrayed his presence; it needed no effort of the imagination to picture what would follow.

  13. There were no inadvertent openings, and, particularly, no holes in the tarpaulin, and the texture of the tarpaulin was a guarantee that the tiny rays of light would not show through.

  14. I hobbled out of the Faraday cage and the lab under my own power, but just barely, my muscles groaning from the inadvertent isometric exercises of my seizure.

  15. The violent pitching of the Buggy brought me and the elf into inadvertent contact with one another, and when I brushed his hand as I reached for the safety bar, I felt that it was cold and sweaty.

  16. But there is little doubt that that inadvertent implication pointed to the truth.

  17. He spent several half hours conversing with himself in broadest Devonshire, but finally decided that, it being the speech of the natives, he might sooner or later betray himself by some inadvertent lapse.

  18. They all had their origin in some inadvertent remark regarding the Hall.

  19. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.

  20. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path.

  21. He was now ready to make amends for this inadvertent or necessary, certainly not intentional, delay.

  22. What with sheer weariness and an inadvertent yank at the Spanish bits as the Tomcat went overboard, poor Shylock crossed his tired forelegs, tripped, blundered, and fell.

  23. Following her inadvertent conquest of the poet, and his broken-hearted dismissal to Dodge, Sergeant King was that one who gave to the Wild Rose what he would have called his heart.

  24. He might go north, and knock over some casual Pawnee or inadvertent Sioux.

  25. Yet he could not help longing to read, in some inadvertent glance, a proof that all the heart was not freely shewn.

  26. Many precious lives were lost through inadvertent steps during the first occupation; and this suggests to me a story I have read somewhere, and which I will ask your pardon for telling you.

  27. Occasional instances are recorded of death of children, the insane or feeble persons by inadvertent immersion in a bath of hot water (Case 21).

  28. The circumstances as to whether the exposure was inadvertent or accidental, as in cases of premature or unexpected delivery, or whether from intentional and deliberate purpose or from culpable neglect, should be carefully considered.

  29. Of the letters to Esther nothing was said, but Esther lived in fear and trembling that some inadvertent word might let her know of their existence.

  30. She set the flowers carefully in a vase, with tender circumspection, lest a leaf might be wronged by chance crowding or inadvertent handling.

  31. The inadvertent click of the paddle against the gunwale seemed to desecrate a foreordained stillness.

  32. An inadvertent click of the paddle is a profanation.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inadvertent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accidental; arbitrary; automatic; capricious; careless; casual; chance; derelict; disregardful; distracted; feckless; gut; heedless; inadvertent; inattentive; inconsiderate; incurious; indifferent; involuntary; lax; loose; neglectful; negligent; permissive; procrastinating; reasonless; reflex; reflexive; regardless; relaxed; remiss; slack; snap; spontaneous; thoughtless; unadvised; uncalculated; uncalculating; unconscious; unconsidered; undesigned; unguarded; unheedful; unintentional; unmindful; unobservant; unobserving; unpremeditated; unreasoning; unreflecting; unstudied; unthinking; unwary