Keren Woodward

Thank god magazines like 'Heat' weren't around in our day. The thought of someone catching you unawares on a beach and publishing photos of your cellulite... it's so hurtful, causes so many problems.

English Musician

Abraham Lincoln

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.

American President

Ibrahim Babangida

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

Nigerian Statesman

Mike Wallace

I'm a reporter; you can't subpoena people to talk to you. If you write to them and try to call them on the phone and they don't answer or so forth, then take them unawares.

American Journalist

Sarah Churchwell

History resembles a guest list in that sense of the invited and the gatecrashers: the people for whom we have been waiting, and those whose presence takes us unawares.

American Educator

Use 'unawares' to describe being surprised by something happening quickly and without warning.

Sudden Events

Usually implies a reaction is needed when something happens unawares, like dodging a ball.

Impacts Reactions

Emphasizes an absence of time to prepare for an event or action.

No Time to Prepare

Stresses not knowing something due to not being informed, not through negligence.

Unintended Ignorance

Describes a scenario when someone is unaware because something changes while they are engaged in it.

Real-Time Surprises

Suggests not taking situations for granted, as 'unawares' signifies unexpected outcomes.

Avoid Assumptions

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 Herbivores have powerfully muscled hind legs that give them superlative acceleration, Invaluable if you are caught unawares.

Unawares