How to Use unpaired in a Sentence

unpaired

adjective

• The sequence of the unpaired strand just happens to match a portion of E. coli's DNA.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
• When they are mixed, the two strands pair up, which leaves a large section in the center of the long strand unpaired.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
• Hens and drakes pair up and spread out, looking to feed, roost, and loaf in places where they won’t be disturbed by unpaired males.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
• The final cells were large eggs with 23 unpaired chromosomes, ready to fuse with a sperm cell containing a complementary set.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2018
• Shortly after the eggs hatched, an unpaired male decided to claim this as his territory.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021
• But, as the nest-building and egg-laying season approaches, unpaired males start causing trouble.
  — Richard O. Prum, The New Yorker, 17 May 2017
• Unpaired males will attempt to force copulation during the egg-laying season.
  — Michael Forsberg, National Geographic, 18 June 2017
• The amino acids also scavenge free radicals—molecules with unpaired electrons that can damage proteins and DNA.
  — Jea Morris, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2022
• Light hitting the proteins produces a pair of free radicals, highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons.
  — Laura Sanders, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2009
• Hillis’s slim handbook aimed to convince her reader that, with a stiff upper lip and a healthy dose of economic self-indulgence, being an unpaired woman could be not just tolerable but liberating.
  — Ashley Fetters, Curbed, 20 June 2018
• Radical pairs are molecular fragments with unpaired electrons that spin in either an antiparallel pattern (noted with↑↓ and called a singlet state), or a parallel pattern (noted with ↑↑, and called a triplet state).
  — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2022
• Charged molecules, systems with unpaired electrons and strange arrangements of atoms in otherwise common molecules have also been observed.
  — Ryan C. Fortenberry, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020
• Under normal circumstances, having an additional, unpaired electron exacts a cost on the system's total energy.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2022
• Such electrons are purported to balance our inner electrical environment: They’re thought to neutralize reactive oxygen species (commonly referred to as free radicals) within the body that contain atoms with unpaired electrons.
  — Molly Glick, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024