How to Use unless in a Sentence

unless

preposition

• Well, unless Eleven and the gang figure out how to end you first, Mind Flayer.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2019
• This is hardly plain boiled rice — unless you, like Ms. De.
  — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
• But the goal is hard to meet unless employees come together to put in the work.
  — Jennifer Risi, Quartz at Work, 12 Sep. 2019
• Baylor are set to go down to the wire in determining the final team in the field, unless one of No.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2019
• Women don’t need to be grabbed, hugged and kissed unless its your wife/girlfriend.
  — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 1 Apr. 2019
• That’s not going to change unless the leadership of the state party changes.
  — al, 8 Dec. 2019
• The performance doesn’t work unless the wrestler is fully present.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2020
• Note: The point spreads listed at the top of the page are from vegasinsider.com as of Wednesday evening, unless otherwise noted.
  — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2019
• There can be no discourse, and no social progress, unless people know how to change their minds.
  — Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Quartz India, 6 May 2020
• Here are some cool things that won’t happen unless Lovullo steps in to change the game: Sluggers going 40-40.
  — Greg Moore, azcentral, 5 June 2019
• So, Emmys or no Emmys, Bridge isn’t gonna force something unless there’s good reason to do so.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• Sterling is the most likely challenger for that playoff spot, unless HISD can get a second team in.
  — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2019
• The beach was scheduled to be closed for an hour unless another shark was seen or detected.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• As for the vessel, try to avoid paper plates unless they are compostable, meaning without the waxy coating.
  — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2019
• Not a big deal, unless Acosta underwhelms, and the team is short the available cash needed to replace him with a diamond-in-the-rough.
  — Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 15 June 2019
• Cut back to a maintenance feed with less protein and fat in the offseason unless the dog is training often.
  — John Gordon, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020
• The House bill, by contrast, prohibits the EPA from stepping in unless the tax is ineffective after a decade.
  — Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2018
• But that year won’t be 2019, unless veteran Joe Flacco gets hurt.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2019
• The deals below are available now unless otherwise noted, and more deals will drop throughout the week.
  — Emily Heller, Curbed, 21 Nov. 2018
• But there really is no check unless there’s a grassroots effort [from AIA members to call for those things].
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 5 Aug. 2019
• And yet some of the questions will continue unless Joe Gibbs Racing and Jones can put ink to a contract extension.
  — Bob Pockrass, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2019
• The unprecedented move means that the Duke of York will no longer be classed as a working royal unless the decision is reversed.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2019
• Yes, unless the tree-huggers figure out how to capture and manage attention as well as the tree-cutters.
  — Rajesh Kasturirangan, Quartz India, 3 Oct. 2019
• The picture looks sure to worsen in the coming weeks and months unless oil refineries take drastic action of their own to cut output.
  — Alex Longley, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• The feds couldn’t do anything unless the burglars crossed state lines, or began to sell stolen jewelry from one state in another.
  — Geoff Manaugh, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2019
• No one can protect our children unless we all — the whole community — does so.
  — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2019
• That suggests that unless Johnson backs down, a no-deal departure still looks like the most likely scenario.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Endgame is likely to hold the new record for a while, unless Cameron re-releases Avatar prior to its 2021 sequel purely to spite the Marvel franchise.
  — Adam Epstein, Quartzy, 22 July 2019
• Face coverings are optional unless workers must be in close proximity, and Cumming said about half the Flex-N-Gate workers wear masks or face shields.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2020
• Using Unreal Engine is now completely free unless your game makes a million dollars.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 13 May 2020

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024