How to Use unexplained in a Sentence
unexplained
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Note, too, the unexplained set of antlers strapped to the roof of his car.
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021 -
This leaves some of the most alarming blunders of the day unexplained.
— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2021 -
Do your best to avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with any person with a new and unexplained rash.
— Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 30 Aug. 2022 -
Strange, unexplained things have been known to happen there.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023 -
Werewolf by Night might have just added another one to the list of unexplained weapons on Earth.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 9 Oct. 2022 -
In fact, only 1% to 2% of the unexplained deaths had no unsafe sleep factors.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The report shed light on what had been a surprise and unexplained firing.
— Ryan J. Foley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021 -
In May 1993 an unexplained pulmonary illness killed a young Navajo man in the U.S.
— Alberto Lucas LÓpez, National Geographic, 17 June 2021 -
The relevance of the question went unexplained by Leach.
— Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021 -
Our father’s long unexplained absences, the fights between him and our mom.
— Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024 -
The others were either killed in crossfire, or their deaths are so far unexplained.
— Byreuters, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022 -
Since the story first picks up in the middle of the Sick, many details about its origin were left unexplained — until now.
— Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024 -
The other two deaths remain unexplained: Buster's classmate Stephen Smith died in a hit and run that has never been solved.
— Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023 -
The first unexplained cases, which was fatal, occurred in an adult in Kansas in March.
— Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022 -
But we are supposed to believe that his unexplained sole dissent in the Trump records case must be corrupt.
— Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022 -
In June 2016, just two months after Makenzie was born, she was treated in the ER for unexplained choking.
— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023 -
What drives their bizarre array of symptoms is, as yet, unexplained.
— Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021 -
Say goodbye to mud, dirt, crumbs, and other unexplained debris for good while prices start at $30 with savings of up to 83%.
— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2024 -
Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
— CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 -
Also, that big red giant looks a lot like the unexplained mountain in the Indian ocean.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Nov. 2021 -
The ending is abrupt, glossing over the real-life 1972 raid with an unexplained mention in passing.
— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022 -
The only indication of spring is the chronic unexplained leak over my kitchen sink.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023 -
Waters said that for some unexplained reason, the suspect allowed other patrons, both white and Black, to leave the store.
— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023 -
That leaves the last option: There are unexplained particles or forces causing the upward shift in the W boson’s mass.
— John Conway, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022 -
That is where researchers found the increase in unexplained deaths in Black infants but not for any other racial or ethnic groups.
— Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023 -
Hannah-Jones’ choice to say no to UNC, then, wasn’t about the unexplained delays in the tenure offer (though that certainly didn’t help).
— Sarah Todd, Quartz, 6 July 2021 -
Motives for the attack in and around a children’s lakeside playground in the Alpine town of Annecy remained unexplained.
— John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023 -
The region joined a list of communities from coast-to-coast that are defined in part by unexplained goings-on.
— John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021 -
The paddle wheel has been updated over the years, but in the darkest hours of the night, workers still hear unexplained footsteps and whispers that often get attributed to Floyd.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 Oct. 2024 -
Loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's 1952 short story of the same name, this Hitchcock classic sees the birds of a coastal California community launch a massive, coordinated, and unexplained assault against the local townspeople.
— Megan McCluskey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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