unwonted

Soon, however, the entire community was put to an unwonted test.

For a moment, the quiet night air was full of unwonted sound.

That unwonted leisure was beginning to have an effect on the Company.

In a moment, however, all the unwonted sensations were gone.

Early in the trip this might have taken place had it not been for an unwonted accident.

She asked this question, still without looking at me, but in an unwonted tone of sympathy.

He seemed unwonted by the slow approach of the quarry.

During the weeks that followed we tried hard not to draw any unwonted attention to ourselves.

To avoid the unwonted labor of deciding for yourself Very well.

It was an unwonted calm that rested on his face.

Until now he had not observed its unwonted absence from the yard.

The moment when a million pubescent boys took an unwonted interest in the game.

It might also have been an unwonted exercise in tact, however.

After that time, they are literally blown out as a result of their unwonted activity.

An unwonted sense of his own youth and insignificance came over him.

Her acquisition of lingerie in the last few weeks had been unwonted.

He drew up shyly, in the unwonted role of speaker.

For six years her sons had chafed under an unwonted peace.

Something in her voice and manner conveyed an effect of unwonted gravity to him.

A shot exploded, splitting the dark air with unwonted noise.

If he had bowed, it must have been with unwonted awkwardness.

This unwonted docility had the effect of making the worst seem at hand.

Cretan bulls, when something unwonted happens, need time to think.

The poor thing was probably dazzled by such an unwonted apparition.

His laughter split the void and shocked him with its unwonted sound.