Example Sentences

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Some victims are unknowingly driving without insurance, meaning they could be prosecuted, fined or have their car seized, the FCA said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

I’m all too aware of how quickly behavior can turn compulsive and how even the most temperate individual can unknowingly find themselves in over their head.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

After his mother died in 2019, Obrist was floored to discover he had unknowingly influenced her to create art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In reality, patients who unknowingly enrolled in hospice discovered they couldn’t get any curative care, meaning access to certain medications and life-sustaining treatments like dialysis was immediately cut off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Sometimes my mom would look at me and start to cry, and I wondered if it was because I had unknowingly done something—made a gesture or a facial expression—to remind her of Deborah.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana