Unforeseen

Examples

• But the visit had its unforeseen consequences; and of a serious sort, too, in their way. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She wanted, suddenly, at one moment of the journey tomorrow, to be wafted into an utterly new course, by some utterly unforeseen event, or motion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• On July 4th the Sunbury plant was put into commercial operation by Edison, and he remained a week studying its conditions and watching for any unforeseen difficulty that might arise. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The trenchant divisions between right and wrong, honest and dishonest, respectable and the reverse, had left so little scope for the unforeseen. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Your own opinion is, then, that some unforeseen catastrophe has occurred to him? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• If any unforeseen accident delayed him, I was to accompany her to the station, and to take special care that she was in time for the train. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Then he tried an opera, for nothing seemed impossible in the beginning, but here again unforeseen difficulties beset him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If he braved the matter out, death would unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and unforeseen manner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The revenue which has arisen from it was unforeseen, and may be considered as accidental. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It reminded him that unforeseen factors operate in the evolution of immortality. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Although I closed this unforeseen page in my life to-night, I could be worthier of it all through my life. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Her first movement was one of annoyance: this unforeseen act of Selden's added another complication to life. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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