How to Use unlicensed in a Sentence

unlicensed

adjective

• An unlicensed firearm was found in the center console of the car.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
• That led to the opening of the unlicensed emergency sites.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
• That’s because the products are deemed to be unlicensed drugs.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• Empyreal says Franco also falsely told the judge that some of the pot stores whose cash was in the van were unlicensed.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• Google read the French law as allowing unlicensed use of the headline of a story, but not more than that.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2020
• The gold is then sold to buyers, some of them unlicensed, who transfer it to smelters in Brazil and abroad for refinement.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• In the video, the deputy explains to the couple that they were pulled over for driving an unlicensed vehicle without the tag on it.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Pot’s acrid odor is everywhere in New York, as are unlicensed cannabis shops, which the city can’t control.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, Hyde wants the city to commit to closing unlicensed shops by a certain date.
  — Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• Eggs from unlicensed farm packaged in a licensed farm’s egg crate.
  — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2020
• Perhaps he was convinced that the moment would come when his unlicensed status would come to light.
  — Yoko Ogawa, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• Just last year, Abbott signed a law that allows the unlicensed carry of handguns.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 26 May 2022
• Davis and Williams met in barber school five years ago, although Davis has been cutting hair for over 20 years unlicensed.
  — Savannah Mehrtens, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2020
• New York State is beginning to find some success in its own fight against unlicensed stores.
  — Ashley Southall, New York Times, 13 June 2024
• When asked for a list or a ballpark number of the unlicensed works, NMPA declined to comment.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 15 May 2024
• Wi-Fi 6E is the name for devices that operate in the 6-gigahertz (GHz) band, a new swath of unlicensed spectrum.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2022
• Hemsworth laughs when asked about filming these scenes with an unlicensed driver.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 7 May 2024
• The owner was arrested, and the unlicensed shop was shuttered.
  — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2020
• The kiosks were allegedly unlicensed and profitable in Ohio.
  — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
• Retailers sell such products in unlicensed dispensaries, during pop-up events, and on the streets across the state.
  — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
• According to research firm Muso, the first season of the show was viewed millions of times more than that, all via unlicensed streams and downloads.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 26 Jan. 2024
• Now, the stakes were higher: The unlicensed practice of any profession codified by New York State law is a felony.
  — Jennifer Block, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
• As the city has struggled to contain the explosion of unlicensed weed stores, a new law passed as part of the state budget this Spring giving the city broader powers.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 6 July 2024
• All 22 got them from unlicensed or untrained people in non-healthcare settings like homes and spas.
  — Kristen Fischer, Health, 24 Apr. 2024
• It's been less than two weeks since Sen. Thom Tillis released his proposal to increase the penalties for those who would dare stream unlicensed works.
  — Eriq Gardner, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2020
• Such unlicensed agents, Ranyard said, charge fees to would-be adoptive parents.
  — Mary Pflum, NBC News, 3 July 2023
• Marquez likes to call to offer tips on how to detect scammers and to avoid unlicensed contractors.
  — Juan Carlos Chavez, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• The 27% figure does not apply to areas where the state has not enacted shutdowns of unlicensed weed shops, a rep for Hochul noted.
  — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• In that tragedy, an unlicensed 16-year-old boy was behind the wheel and either fell asleep or became distracted, according to investigators.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
• In Pennsylvania, he was charged with of forgery and illegally possessing an unlicensed gun.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025