How to Use unforeseeable in a Sentence

unforeseeable

adjective
  • Just like that, the tenor of this unforeseeable season changed for the worse again.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • But unforeseeable events may mean that the at-home spouse wants to return to the job market.
    Demetria Gallegos, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
  • But still they are treated by the state as unforeseeable events.
    Joan Meiners, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2019
  • For the unforeseeable future, Laila El-Haddad has one mission: to get the voices of her fellow Palestinians, along with their pleas for help, out to the rest of the world.
    Noreen Nasir, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • To say that the emergence of Covid-19 two years ago resulted in a chain of unforeseeable consequences is putting it mildly.
    Kristin Savilia, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • For aspirants to the big leagues, the stresses are ever-present and often unforeseeable.
    Steve Rushin, SI.com, 16 May 2018
  • Top right: An uni hand roll is an unforeseeable display of excess at Friends Only.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Plants in your yard and even inside your home are also at risk of facing harsh climates and unforeseeable weather events.
    Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
  • So much about where Tyler, the Creator is at as an artist in 2019 would have been unforeseeable from his early days as an Odd Future provocateur.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 31 May 2019
  • On another note, catch me wfh for the unforeseeable future.
    Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • By photographing pods, the issue is again evidence of the unique and unforeseeable ways in which friends have been brought together this year: as a method of survival, a signal of care, a vow of hope.
    New York Times, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The Aztecs found two of their most remarkable seasons muted by the unforeseeable global health crisis.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Only when the state has digested and passed that key in the unforeseeable future, maybe in five years, maybe in 50, … does the state, in an ‘act of mercy’ unlock the former felon’s voting rights from its hiding place.
    Gray Rohrer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • On Monday, the judge struck down the liquidators’ arguments, saying CCC got caught in unforeseeable events.
    Margot Patrick, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2017
  • The aftermath of Biggie’s debut is as unforeseeable as his rise.
    Stereo Williams, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The capacity and tools exist to address each of these problems; none are novel, nor unforeseeable for the landlord.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Cedar Fair lawyers, meanwhile, have argued in court documents that the pandemic was an unforeseeable, once-in-a-lifetime event.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 24 May 2022
  • But these acts of violence were not the result of unforeseeable happenstance.
    Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Others are unforeseeable: Five years ago, no one would have predicted the pandemic spike in pet spending.
    Kevin Schaul, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • Her kickoff event was overshadowed by the release of the first snippets of the Mueller report, an unforeseeable development.
    Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2019
  • This year’s festival, which will be watched mainly at home, will be different—though the differences will be distinct and unforeseeable for each film.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Beijing could stretch out its response for weeks, even months, with unforeseeable consequences.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Some in the industry have begun to argue that Covid-19 shouldn’t fall within the force majeure category, since the more-than-a-year-long pandemic is not an unforeseeable event like a flash flood.
    Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2021
  • What viewers didn't know was the pain behind it all — a pain that involved separation from her family and an unforeseeable future at home.
    Thatiana Diaz, refinery29.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Even if this situation was unforeseeable and unique, NBA front offices are supposed to build winning teams and cultures, and Indiana has not done that.
    Tony East, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • These benefits ultimately help people reduce the costs of unforeseeable or hard-to-plan-for events.
    Christian Weller, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • As of this writing, and for the unforeseeable future, the series’ 23 episodes — three or four years’ worth of most streaming or cable comedies — are available to watch on Hulu, for new viewers to discover and old fans to watch again.
    Robert Lloyd, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The idea was to empower the president to respond quickly to urgent, often unforeseeable crises.
    New York Times, 19 July 2022
  • In court documents, attorneys for San Diego said the city was not liable because the problem with the leak was an unpreventable and unforeseeable natural event.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Keep your minds and hearts open to life’s endless and unforeseeable possibilities.
    Time Staff, Time, 14 May 2017

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