Steve Hilton's bizarre plans to boost the economy caught many unawares this week.
From the guardian.co.uk
Truckers, not in touch with local TV stations, were apparently caught unawares.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The Greeks caught the Persians unawares, and were able to capture the lower city.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Those of us in human services all have our first time when we're caught unawares.
From the psychcentral.com
It wasn't as if traders and analysts could claim to have been caught unawares.
From the time.com
According to most crusader and Muslim accounts, the Fatimids were caught unawares.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Often formally posed, his sitters are not exploited by being caught unawares.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The future will remain forever uncertain, which is to say it will catch us unawares.
From the markvernon.com
Maj. Dunne said like other nations, New Zealand's military had been caught unawares.
From the freep.com
More examples
Without forethought or plan; inadvertently; "came upon the diamond unawares"
Suddenly and unexpectedly; "rain caught them unawares"; "sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln