How to Use unaccompanied in a Sentence

unaccompanied

adjective
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  • All we've had from him is a lot of talk unaccompanied by any real effort to solve the problem.
  • Unaccompanied children are not allowed in the store.
  • He attended the party unaccompanied.
  • The amount of unaccompanied minors also saw a 20% increase from this month to last.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 16 June 2022
  • Any unaccompanied children under age 15 will be asked to leave the park.
    — Craig Webb, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
  • The youngest passenger is a 3-year-old, and more than 40 are unaccompanied minors.
    — Barbara Surk and Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The spike has partly been driven by an increase in the ranks of unaccompanied minors making the perilous sea journey to Italy.
    — Alvise Armellini, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
  • While the refugees fleeing Ukraine include a number of unaccompanied children, the boy seen in the viral video wasn’t traveling by himself, as the posts claim.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2022
  • On his first unaccompanied journey, he is robbed by a man, and then meets the energetic 12-year-old Jola.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 July 2023
  • There was a chance that two unaccompanied children would not be admitted to the circus, but the powers who ruled the world decreed that the usher did not pay any attention to us.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The children were brought to Michigan as unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan who fled along with refugees after the Taliban seized power last year in their native land.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The irony was that Mayorkas, who had witnessed the surge in unaccompanied minors in 2014, as Deputy Secretary, was perhaps the least convenient fall guy.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors have arrived in the United States, often seeking work.
    — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Casting Penn brings an immediate tension to the dynamic, the way a child might feel trying to pet an unaccompanied pit bull.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Inside, he was placed in a room with other unaccompanied children.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Parents who were along the front and unable to leave because of jobs in the military or essential industries sent their unaccompanied children west, in the care of their teachers.
    — Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
  • Parents who were along the front and unable to leave, because of jobs in the military or essential industries, sent their unaccompanied children west, in the care of their teachers.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • The military had escorted him to the airport, but he was left unaccompanied from security to the airport gate, according to the AP.
    — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 20 July 2023
  • But in a little-noticed move last year, the Biden administration transferred the money for the study to pay for housing unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Overall, single adults remained the largest group stopped at the border, but the number of families and unaccompanied minors also rose.
    — Maria Sacchetti, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The rule does not apply to unaccompanied children who arrive without a parent.
    — Andrea Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Drivers are allowed to ask for an ID to verify age and are told to turn down the fare if the person is an unaccompanied minor requesting a ride through the traditional Uber app.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Those who were now over the age of 18, and therefore not categorized as unaccompanied minors, no longer had the right to stay in the country because Egyptians do not qualify for asylum in Italy.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
  • As for Greyhound, the lawsuit says the bus company knows unaccompanied minors will be at its terminals and has rules for their travel, but should take steps to ensure the safety of those children.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The unaccompanied minors contract with Endeavors was not open for bids.
    — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
  • In the cabin, the flight attendants’ immediate focus was on the five unaccompanied minors in their care and the three infants being carried on their parents’ laps.
    — Terry Spencer, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The majority of people fleeing Ukraine are women with children and unaccompanied minors, who have unique risks and needs.
    — Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Over the last year, Biden has already grappled with an influx of unaccompanied migrant children and a surge of migrants in Del Rio, Texas, that resulted in thousands of people under a bridge.
    — Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Single-rider lines for unaccompanied visitors, to shorten wait times and fill all seats.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Days later, she was sent to New York to a facility for unaccompanied migrant children.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022

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