How to Use unprovoked in a Sentence

unprovoked

adjective

• The July 10 clash is the latest in a series of unprovoked stranger attacks to hit the city, cops said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
• Of those unprovoked bites, 41 occurred in the United States.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 July 2023
• Both victims relied on the the train or bus, and were killed in an unprovoked attack.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
• There’s a fear of getting on the train because there’s been a rash of unprovoked attacks.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 23 Mar. 2021
• This is not the first time Russian media has been hacked since the country waged an unprovoked war in Ukraine.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 June 2022
• Florida is the top U.S. state with the most unprovoked bites, with 16 cases.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Florida is home to the most cases of unprovoked shark attacks in not just the United States but the world.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
• The state accounted for five unprovoked attacks last year, the file says.
  — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
• Out of fear, the victim did not report the unprovoked attacks, the filing said.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 25 May 2021
• Metro sources said the attack appeared to have been unprovoked.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
• Police have counted 38 unprovoked assaults in Midtown South in the first five months of the year, up from nine in the same time last year.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 14 June 2021
• Of those unprovoked bites, 41 occurred in the United States.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 July 2024
• Last year, Australia had the second-highest number of unprovoked shark bites in the world – with the U.S. being first.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
• Nor is there likely to be any change to Britain's support for Ukraine in its unprovoked war with Russia.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
• Last month, seven dogs mauled a 71-year-old man to death in an unprovoked attack in Texas, police said.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
• Ukraine and the West say Russia launched an unprovoked war of aggression.
  — Fox News, 8 May 2022
• In June, a A 66-year-old man was fatally mauled by a black bear in an unprovoked attack in Arizona.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2023
• At the same time in Georgia right now, there are three men who are on trial, charged with the unprovoked killing of a Black man, Ahmaud Arbery.
  — NBC News, 21 Nov. 2021
• Also on the rise are unprovoked attacks, with five occurring in a 10-day stint in May.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• On one of these drives, my mother mentioned Dylan unprovoked for the first and only time.
  — Sam Sussman, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
• Florida continues to see the most unprovoked bites out of any other state in the U.S.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2022
• In general, unprovoked shark bites have decreased over the past decade.
  — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 5 July 2023
• An unhinged man slashed three strangers in a string of unprovoked attacks that began on a Queens train, cops and police sources said.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
• San Diego police said the attack on Cao appeared to be random and unprovoked.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
• Activists said in interviews that the displays of force by deputies during the protests were unprovoked.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
• Most unprovoked shark bites are reported in the United States, where the shift in language began in earnest within the past 10 years.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2021
• Witnesses told the new station that the attack was unprovoked, and the suspect spit on the woman after pushing her out the door.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
• Ukraine and its allies say Russia launched an unprovoked war.
  — Reuters, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• The fact that Putin, whose unprovoked war of choice in Ukraine is estimated to have led to one million dead or injured, sat next to Anwar nodding in approval during this tirade was enough to make heads spin in Western diplomatic circles.
  — Charlie Campbell / Kulim, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• The student suffered severe head and facial injuries and needed emergency care after the allegedly unprovoked attack on Thursday, Sept. 12.
  — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024