Example Sentences

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As Junuh starts his 72-hole struggle with self, Jones and Hagen, he at first duffs unconfidently along.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bull peered into the bag unconfidently, paused for a moment, then said, “Ma’am there’s nothing I like better than zucchini.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The wind is Winter, though the sun be Spring: The icy rills have scarce begun to flow; The birds unconfidently fly and sing.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various