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
  • Noel King There are a million reasons to want a ceasefire here, not least of which is the humanitarian catastrophe, which has unfolded for more than a year.
    Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Terry heads to the courthouse to report the cops and get his money back, and a plot unfolds that wraps up local politics, issues of civil forfeiture and corruption.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024

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