How to Use unoccupied in a Sentence

unoccupied

adjective

• A third of the beds at the hospital were unoccupied.
• About half of the seats were unoccupied when the concert started.
• The restaurant was unoccupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2022
• The car was found parked and unoccupied at the 49 Street Tavern.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
• The clinic was closed and unoccupied at the time of the shooting.
  — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2022
• This is the second unoccupied house collapse of the day at the Seashore.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
• Police also noted that the homes were unoccupied at the time of the break-ins.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
• The kindergarten was unoccupied at the time of the attack, and no bystanders were wounded in the blast.
  — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
• The 2-alarm blaze appears to have started in a unit that was unoccupied at the time.
  — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2022
• Four of the residences were unoccupied at the time of the break-ins, Apotheker said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• In fact, the entire area was then unoccupied for up to 600 years.
  — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• Both the Sentra and Malibu were unoccupied at the time.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• This friend touches the paint up and mows the lawn of every unoccupied home on his block.
  — Katie Prout, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2021
• The few unoccupied cots bared the bright logo of the American Red Cross.
  — Rick Childress, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022
• At the home, a woman answered the door and claimed the house was unoccupied, police said.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 2 Nov. 2021
• The squad car was unoccupied and parked along La Grange Road, while the officer was on a call.
  — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2021
• The car, a 2005 Honda sedan, was unoccupied when it was struck.
  — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 10 Feb. 2022
• The car was unoccupied with the keys still present, but some items were missing from the vehicle.
  — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• The building was unoccupied at the time of the collapse and no injuries occurred.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• The couple had no choice but to swim to Lanai, reaching land at an unoccupied beach around 1 p.m.
  — Daniel Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
• The two homes in Rodanthe were both unoccupied at the time, the agency said.
  — Jamiel Lynch and Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 11 May 2022
• But while the home was unoccupied, the woman broke in through the back door and moved in, furniture and all, Shelton said.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• The building in the 1300 block of H Street NE was unoccupied, a fire department spokesman said.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
• Ensure that doors and windows are locked when the home is unoccupied and at night.
  — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• See how one unoccupied house was swept into the ocean this week.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
• The opposing head of the table to the right was unoccupied, but looming on the wall behind it was a large-screen TV.
  — William P. Barr, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
• The building has been unoccupied for more than three decades.
  — al, 11 Jan. 2022
• The office building and the single-family home were unoccupied at the time of the fire.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 June 2021
• The construction vehicle, which is often used in tree removal, was unoccupied and parked in the grass median.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2024
• For a recent lake house project, Wilson dreamt up a unique take on the typical bunk bed setup by utilizing unoccupied attic space.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025