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Example sentences for "unwittingly"

Lexicographically close words:
unwisdom; unwise; unwisely; unwithered; unwitting; unwomanly; unwonted; unwontedly; unwooded; unworkable
  1. She had undoubtedly led him into it, and she felt thoroughly ashamed of herself for the cruel ruse she had unwittingly practised upon him.

  2. Sir Gilbert couldn't believe the jury would convict an innocent man of the crime he himself had half unwittingly committed.

  3. It's the letter of a man who has unwittingly and unwillingly done you some personal wrong, and is eager to repair it.

  4. It is the latter who recruit the ranks of the pirates of those eastern seas, and it was to the camp of a band of such villains that our adventurers were, as already said, unwittingly drawing near.

  5. In some respects this was not altogether a fancy, for they were unwittingly drawing near to a band of human beings whose purposes, if fully carried out, would render the earth little better than a hell to many of their countrymen.

  6. The priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing wherein he erred unwittingly and knew it not;" and yet again (ver.

  7. This time, in his efforts to be understood, he stretched his words out so that unwittingly his voice took on rather a whining tone.

  8. Unwittingly we had bumped into the headquarters of the whole army--not of a single corps, but of an army.

  9. At twelve o clock, still miserably alone, tortured by remorse and the thought of the wreck he had unwittingly brought his chums, he could bear the suspense of evasion no longer.

  10. The ten thousand he had added represented in a confused way a tribute to that conscience, to those others, unknown and unvisualized, whom unwittingly he might have caused to suffer.

  11. He came to her directly, holding out his hand, overcome by the thought of the pain he had unwittingly caused her, seeking the proper words, quite helpless and embarrassed.

  12. The young men and maidens, the old men and matrons, in their interchange of ideas unwittingly fall into verse" (423.

  13. Consequently her parents, afraid that they had unwittingly incurred the anger of the gods, consulted the oracle of Apollo.

  14. Dejanira, on seeing what she had unwittingly done, hanged herself.

  15. By degrees he slowly realised that in so doing he had deliberately inflicted a more cruel wrong upon the woman he loved, than that which he had unwittingly done her in the past.

  16. In cautioning her friends the previous year against placing themselves in a position liable to put them at a disadvantage with Eleanor, Grace had unwittingly divined the former's intentions.

  17. But Thorismud, the son of King Theodorid, who with 211 AĆ«tius had seized the hill and repulsed the enemy from the higher ground, came unwittingly to the wagons of the enemy in the darkness of night, thinking he had reached his own lines.

  18. Here, then, is the FIRST CREED of the Church, long reverenced as a formula drawn up by the Apostles themselves, and perhaps still by some unwittingly honoured as such.

  19. It was the humble and discredited colonial agent who unwittingly but not unwillingly gave the jar which toppled the great earl into retirement.

  20. Bancroft, and so unwittingly to the English government.

  21. Suddenly, as the memory of a week so eventful to Mary Armstrong arose before him, a thought flashed across his mind that Henry Halford might be the successful rival who had unwittingly caused so much unhappiness to Reginald Fraser.

  22. So tender was the young girl's conscience that she was about to tell her father all that had passed rather than feel conscious of having unwittingly deceived him.

  23. Thusia's love was still in the frantically eager stage; she would have liked to have lived with one arm around David's neck, and she was unwittingly in constant danger of showing herself all a dominie's wife should not be.

  24. The girl colored with rage or shame and drew back her hand as if she had unwittingly touched something hot with unprepared fingers.

  25. Unwittingly they had to accustom themselves to the changed environment, although the difference was slight.

  26. Clacher,' he said, 'you have unwittingly undertaken a work of art, and for that you deserve high commendation.

  27. He sings too much to suit my fancy," was Davis's way of putting it, thereby unwittingly giving the clue to what Collins had vainly sought, and which Collins as unwittingly failed to grasp.

  28. She kept her face closely veiled, hoping to meet no acquaintances, but some whom she knew unwittingly brushed against her.

  29. Knowing nothing of a father's pride and affection, he had unwittingly brought in the climax first.

  30. Unwittingly she had seen Clem kneeling there--abandoned to misery!

  31. She had unwittingly left uncounted her biggest asset, though it was signed and sealed upon her face--the sign and seal of Ireland.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unwittingly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.