UNWITTING in a Sentence

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Pierce said criminals, such as unwitting gang members, will sometimes post information that can help with an investigation.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNWITTING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unwitting
 a.  not intended; not knowing; unaware; ignorant
Classic Sentence:
1  And while their manners were thus the subject of sarcastic observation, the untaught Saxons unwittingly transgressed several of the arbitrary rules established for the regulation of society.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  He spoke unwittingly, regretting he had begun.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
3  The slight, though of her own causing, and self-explanatory, she was unable to dismiss as unwittingly shown, so sensitive had the situation made her.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
4  She had thought of the possibility of such a signal in answer to that which had been unwittingly given by Charley; but she had not expected it yet.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
5  The name agreed upon for the child was Eugenie Victoria, but that afternoon Melanie unwittingly bestowed a name that clung, even as "Pittypat" had blotted out all memory of Sarah Jane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
6  It was Selden himself who unwittingly fused the group by arresting the attention of one of its members.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
7  He closed his eyes and grasped the elbows of the chair, touching unwittingly the lady's arm.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XIII
Example Sentence:
1  Pierce said criminals, such as unwitting gang members, will sometimes post information that can help with an investigation.
2  The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.
3  We're unwitting victims of the system.