Example Sentences

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He is met by Scots Canniness: the wandering eye, the mislaid wallet, the pensive loiter, the unprevented calamity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, monsieur, shall I see the king to-night unmolested, unprevented by you, or shall I be dragged before him an assassin to plead my cause?

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John