Example Sentences

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Yet the sands are by no means without danger, especially to the uncautious or unwary.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

Blindly she runs, uncautious of the snare, When, darting from the ambush, where he lies, The moment snatched, false Aruns shakes his spear, 883 And thus, with measured aim, invokes the Gods with prayer.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

None who had other than friendly business there would come uncautious.

From The Last Straw by Titus, Harold

To impair the force of this exposition, the ardent advocates of the Colonization Society will undoubtedly attempt to evade the ground of controversy, and lead uncautious minds astray in a labyrinth of sophistry.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

I am careless, improvident, uncautious, happy out of sheer well-being and overplus of physical energy. 

From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by London, Jack