Example Sentences

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And they have aroused in his soul exactly what he rejoices in having aroused there, and which but for them might have remained for ever unsurmised.

From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir

Sometimes the first impression would yield only a paragraph or a sentence, and once or twice but a splendid and sonorous word, which seemed to Lucian all dim and rich with unsurmised adventure.

From The Hill of Dreams by Machen, Arthur

So much more effectual for harm are dangers unsurmised; and chance sometimes makes the less alarming evil worse than that which threatens.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus

It does not always follow that the course the father prescribes is the best one in the end, for sometimes a boy develops in unsurmised directions; and this was the case with Amerigo Vespucci.

From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion

A man passed by a familiar wall one day, and opening a door before unnoticed, found himself in a new world of unsurmised and marvellous experiences.

From The Secret Glory by Machen, Arthur