unbeknownst
IPA: ʌnbinˈoʊnst
adverb
- (followed by to) without the knowledge of
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Examples of "unbeknownst" in Sentences
- We popped on each seal-island "unbeknownst," and what we discovered we held our jaws on.
- I hate doing anything of the kind "unbeknownst" to people, so there is the exact history of my proceedings.
- How could Paulsons opinions and predilections about subprime RMBS have been "unbeknownst" to ACA at the time?
- I know a Japanese woman whose name unbeknownst to her happened to be the same as that of a wanted member of the Japanese "Red Army".
- McCain unbeknownst to Warner has indeed picked up a hot charcoal ember with his tongs, and purple with rage waits for Warner to turn back.
- Fitzgerald, Squire Terence Malone, and the other squires of the neighborhood had many a good smoke there, and many a hearty laugh, as they said, quite "unbeknownst" to the English lady and her grand friends.
- P.S. When I hear the word unbeknownst, all I think about is Jeff Conway and Daniel Baldwin's confrontation where Daniel said "unbeknownst to Jeff ...." and Jeff just kept screaming "no I fucking did not, take it back".
- With no bomb-shell of an October surprise namely a tape coming from Osama bin Laden as was done in the 2004 presidential campaign; a self-inflicted November surprise came about today when Sarah Palin took an active part in a prank phone call unbeknownst to her.
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