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The day of the dance, the last day they could hope for together, came unprefaced by development.

From The Lighted Match by Schabelitz, R. F.

And, Mary's return being delayed, Sibyl found time to think this unprefaced exit odder and ruder than she had first considered it.

From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth

He realized that he must protect her even from himself—from the shock she would suffer by his unprefaced appearance, this lover who would come like one risen from the dead!

From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman

Abrupt and unprefaced as her speech was, it scarcely produced the effect she had expected it would.

From "Seth" by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

He had long before learned to play up, solemnly, to those unprefaced and disingenuous leads.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry