How to Use unexplained in a Sentence

unexplained

adjective
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  • Note, too, the unexplained set of antlers strapped to the roof of his car.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
  • This leaves some of the most alarming blunders of the day unexplained.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Do your best to avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with any person with a new and unexplained rash.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Strange, unexplained things have been known to happen there.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Werewolf by Night might have just added another one to the list of unexplained weapons on Earth.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 9 Oct. 2022
  • In fact, only 1% to 2% of the unexplained deaths had no unsafe sleep factors.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The report shed light on what had been a surprise and unexplained firing.
    — Ryan J. Foley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • In May 1993 an unexplained pulmonary illness killed a young Navajo man in the U.S.
    — Alberto Lucas LÓpez, National Geographic, 17 June 2021
  • The relevance of the question went unexplained by Leach.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Our father’s long unexplained absences, the fights between him and our mom.
    — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The others were either killed in crossfire, or their deaths are so far unexplained.
    — Byreuters, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Since the story first picks up in the middle of the Sick, many details about its origin were left unexplained — until now.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • The other two deaths remain unexplained: Buster's classmate Stephen Smith died in a hit and run that has never been solved.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • There were no furtive phone calls or unexplained absences.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The first unexplained cases, which was fatal, occurred in an adult in Kansas in March.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022
  • The death is being treated as unexplained at this time, but is not thought to be suspicious.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2020
  • But we are supposed to believe that his unexplained sole dissent in the Trump records case must be corrupt.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022
  • In June 2016, just two months after Makenzie was born, she was treated in the ER for unexplained choking.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
  • What drives their bizarre array of symptoms is, as yet, unexplained.
    — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Say goodbye to mud, dirt, crumbs, and other unexplained debris for good while prices start at $30 with savings of up to 83%.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2024
  • Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
    — CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • News of the pact couldn’t have been worse timed after Zimparks reported the unexplained deaths of 22 elephants near Hwange.
    — Tawanda Karombo, Quartz Africa, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The event was supposed to last an hour, but ran for almost two — yet key matters still remained unexplained.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Also, that big red giant looks a lot like the unexplained mountain in the Indian ocean.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The ending is abrupt, glossing over the real-life 1972 raid with an unexplained mention in passing.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The only indication of spring is the chronic unexplained leak over my kitchen sink.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Waters said that for some unexplained reason, the suspect allowed other patrons, both white and Black, to leave the store.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • But the magic of Christmas is found in the unexplained, not in watching a buff Santa rappelling into all the world’s chimneys.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The circumstances surrounding the 67-year-old's death remain unexplained.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Over the past few weeks, the bank’s longtime president, a popular local businessman named Shan Hanes, had ordered a series of unexplained wire transfers that drained tens of millions of dollars from the bank.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025

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