unguarded moment

collocation in English

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unguarded
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈɡɑː.dɪd/us
/ʌnˈɡɑːr.dɪd/
not guarded ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofunguardedandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet when a "scion of this family, in anunguardedmoment," had stepped from "the paths of rectitude," he had started a line of mental defectives.
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That seems to me an incredible statement, and one that must have been made in anunguardedmomentwithout due consideration.
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That was hisunguardedmoment.
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I look for theunguardedmoment, the essential soul peeking out, experience etched on a persons face.
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He is a plotter, often employing disguises and taking advantage of innocents in order to catch his enemies in anunguardedmoment.
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He later considered that these were primitive thoughts, contemplated in anunguardedmoment.
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Elave plays into the hands of his enemies when he reveals in anunguardedmomentreligious convictions which appear to verge on heresy.
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In their unguarded moments, they admit it themselves.
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They both have an uncontrollable tendency to blurt out the awkward truth in unguarded moments.
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The unconscious revelation of his attitude, to which he gives vent when he is in his unguarded moments, goes a long way to disprove that that is his real attitude.
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Incidents at the hands of fellow pupils and teachers are burnt into my mind and flood back during unguarded moments to make me still, today, sick with fear and worry.
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