Example Sentences

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The Sugarplum Fairy, after an unsought interregnum, is presiding over the Land of Sweets at the New York City Ballet.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Like the hundreds of thousands protesting Floyd’s murder, this unsought public affirmation of Black people’s innate value — by countless openhearted people who aren’t Black — felt surprising.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2021

“That is an unintended, unsought after byproduct of the movie,” Hunter says.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2017

Swedish Interior Minister Anders Ygeman was asked by the Expressen newspaper Tuesday whether he was upset by Trump’s unsought assessment.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2017

“Guarded by sentries and high barriers from unsought contact with all beyond, great gangs of us, healthy, robust men, live and labor in a marvelous artificial world,” he wrote.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson