How to Use unfold in a Sentence

unfold

verb

• The couch unfolds to form a bed.
• We'll have more news as events unfold.
• As the story unfolds, we learn that the boy became an orphan when he was one year old.
• We watched the drama unfold on live television.
• Just open the top, set it on your counter and watch the cycle of life unfold.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
• It’s been a giant shock to the core to see this unfold this way.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2024
• The movie unfolds as Shelly and the rest of the dancers are told that the new owners of the casino are closing the show.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
• These are the state-by-state results as the contests unfold.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Here are some of the top storylines to watch as Oregon22 gets set to unfold.
  — oregonlive, 14 July 2022
• Looking ahead to the unfolding year, LinkedIn predicts the trends set to shape the landscape of work in 2024.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
• Just unfold it, slide it into the window frame, pop it out, and voila!
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
• In the quest soon to unfold, the fates of Russell Wilson and Lamar Jackson could hinge on a coin flip.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• What brought the police to the home that day was a series of strange events that unfolded in the days prior.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• As the case unfolded, so did Pan’s tangled web of lies.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• When the contracts were awarded in 2014, no one thought that’s how the program would unfold.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
• The book unfolds into her day-to-day life with Rose, the baby changing the way Helen reads.
  — Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• There's no question they'll be excited to unfold this and cozy up next to the fire pit.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 10 Dec. 2022
• The prologue perhaps sets false impressions about how the rest of the film will unfold.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• But that die-off was unfolding hundreds of miles south of here.
  — Max Chesnes, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• The fate of those funds now depends on a complex legal process that will take months to unfold.
  — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• Here is a timeline of the events that unfolded, starting with when the three hostages were taken.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
• That’s why experts fear a rise in cases may also unfold in the US this year.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 9 Sep. 2022
• The series, which unfolds over nine episodes, attempts to go inside the mind of the deeply disturbed man who pulled the trigger.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
• How the crash unfolded The flight was headed to Phoenix, where a layover was scheduled.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
• In January 2023, there are more questions than answers on how the rest of the year will unfold.
  — Ben Koltun, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
• The main event of this summit is unfolding on the sidelines: a meeting between Messrs. Biden and Xi.
  — Colleen Long and Aamer Madhani, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
• Every detail seems to answer the question: How will the day unfold?
  — Kristen Flanagan, House Beautiful, 16 Feb. 2023
• Even her forecast for how the match would unfold landed on target.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Matrice's rotor arms unfold in seconds, and experienced pilots can get it out of the bag and into the air in minutes.
  — Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
• Definitely not after the way the last month has unfolded.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025