Examples of unawares

• For this reason, historiography was not caught entirely unawares by the arguments raised by the mass media.

• This form of ageism is subtle and often covert or invisible, and very often individuals and organisations practise it unawares, making it difficult to challenge.

• Philosophers who insist that lawyers all follow certain linguistic criteria for judging propositions of law, perhaps unawares, have produced theories identifying these criteria.

• This was an almost casual remark which seemed to catch even him unawares.

• Related, perhaps, to presence are those ostensibly quotidian moments - when caught unawares we are taken out of ourselves.

• Can one be ephectic otherwise than unawares?

• Despite ample warnings, the demographic transition we are now experiencing has caught some people unawares, and many older people now rank among the most vulnerable in society.

• We are caught unawares, surprised by sound, which may be the one remaining sensory dimension in our hypervisual culture that still has the power to shock.