How to Use unkept in a Sentence

unkept

adjective

• Many slaves were forced to fight on both sides with the unkept promise of freedom.
  — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2019
• The wilderness looks unkept and threatening, but seethes with life.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• But there’s only one thing worse than promises unkept – that’s promises kept.
  — Dannye Romine Powell, charlotteobserver, 7 May 2017
• Watching the Taliban’s swift takeover has left him consumed with remorse over promises unkept in the country.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
• And gone, too, are the days of driving by the derelict amusement park at 6767 Southwest Freeway and drumming up memories through the spray paint and unkept greenery.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 3 Aug. 2021
• Since then, homes on the block have been largely unkept or uninhabited.
  — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
• But the burst of government assistance, followed by the next steps of a robust agenda proposed by Biden, carries the risk of promises unkept.
  — Jeff Zeleny, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
• On Vogue’s September cover, Queen B has traded a traditional garland for a crown of wild, unkept blooms.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2018
• The cherry-red Dutch Oven is topped with a brass lightning-bolt knob inspired by Harry's scar, and is embossed with the young wizard's recognizable unkept hair and round eyeglasses.
  — Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE.com, 1 Nov. 2021
• For many, the promises of airline reservations made but unkept, cost them thousands and upended Christmas travel plans.
  — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019
• Alleys, including the one where the Saturday display was held, often are neglected, unkept and dirty.
  — Gary Warth, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• But unkept promises and scandal have blunted the telegenic Liberal leader’s prospects.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2019
• Instead, a pandemic had pushed an already crumbling economy to a breaking point, and pushed Zimbabweans fed up with its unkept promises into a new wave of protests.
  — Tendai Marima, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2020
• Mayor Ryan Warner said even beyond Main Street, there are unkept rental properties about which residents have complained.
  — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Nov. 2021
• The coverage provides protection to investors against losses suffered on account of unkept ESG promises.
  — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• Investors started to lose patience with Tesla this week after another unkept promise.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 5 July 2017
• The efforts in Japan are intended to overcome decades of unkept promises from political and business leaders to increase opportunities for Japanese women, who face some of the starkest inequality in the developed world.
  — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
• The transfer called fresh attention to the Biden administration's unkept campaign promise to eliminate the vast network of private jails that researchers say detain most immigrants facing deportation.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Dec. 2021
• Consumers, employees, investors, and regulators, already skeptical of unkept promises are watching closely.
  — Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024