How to Use unoccupied in a Sentence

unoccupied

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• 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
• 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
• Both the Sentra and Malibu were unoccupied at the time.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• The few unoccupied cots bared the bright logo of the American Red Cross.
  — Rick Childress, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 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
• 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
• The crew did not ask to see his boarding pass but noted that the seat he at first took was listed as unoccupied.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
• In New York City, the rental vacancy rate, which is the share of habitable unoccupied units, has dropped to a record low 1.4%.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
• The seat next to the gaping hole had been unoccupied, and other passengers in the row had their seatbelts on.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
• According to neighbors, the house that slid down the hill was unoccupied.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• Per the statement, lights were turned on during an event last week, but turned off when the building was unoccupied.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• That, in turn, could lead the front passenger airbag to believe the seat was unoccupied during a crash and fail to trigger.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
• Lights were on at the facility due to an event and were turned off as soon as the building was unoccupied, the statement added.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Oct. 2023
• The department said the store was unoccupied, but the video shows what appear to be other people in the background.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022
• Then Fernandes jumped onto the unoccupied boat and grabbed onto the back of a seat to steady himself.
  — Kyle Melnick, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• At one point all five of the top running backs sat unoccupied in the late afternoon shade on the stadium’s west side.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2023
• The boat was unoccupied, but there was music and personal items on it.
  — Ed White, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2022
• The trailer, which was unoccupied, was parked on Birch Street just east of Sweetwater Lane.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
• The house appeared unoccupied and because of concern there could be a body there, entry was made, and the body was found, Murgo said.
  — Hartford Courant, 9 June 2022
• Martin was arrested in 2014 on charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, grand theft in the third degree and grand theft of a firearm, court records show.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
• Though our cottage held two units, the other would be unoccupied.
  — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The fire is located at the Whitney House, which is an unoccupied structure.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024