How to Use unanswered in a Sentence

unanswered

adjective
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  • In turn, the offense scored 24 unanswered points to put the game away by the start of the fourth quarter.
    — Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The Broncos got the upper hand with 10 unanswered points in the third quarter.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • There's still a lot of unanswered questions, like who survived the crash and who didn't?
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • There are still a lot of unanswered questions for the new E-class wagon.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 20 June 2023
  • After the break, Guyer scored 13 unanswered points in the third quarter.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • With the vast search effort now over, the focus turns to the many unanswered questions that remain.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 June 2023
  • Texts would go unanswered, calls missed, and after a while, my bond with Steve felt as lost as my youth.
    — Kui Mwai, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The unanswered questions continued to gnaw at Steve in the weeks that followed.
    — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The Wild went into the third period leading 2-1, but the Ducks scored two unanswered goals and won 3-2.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Florida scored 23 unanswered runs from the third through the ninth inning.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 25 June 2023
  • The next activity on his phone was at 1:11 a.m., a call to his best friend that went unanswered.
    — Scott Butler, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The final scene shows Ray calling her as her phone rings, unanswered.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • An initial attempt to reach the owners by phone and email went unanswered.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • This is a movie that leaves a lot of questions unanswered and ambiguous.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Her first call to him was unanswered, the second lasted just over 10 seconds.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Multiple calls to the court from CNN went unanswered on Friday.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 21 Sep. 2023
  • When asked to explain how his DNA was found at both crime scenes, Miller said that is a question that will go unanswered.
    — Morgan Canty, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Amid the grief were a number of unanswered questions: What drove the gunman to open fire at the university?
    — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • About three miles away, at a townhouse registered to the user's mother, a knock at the door went unanswered.
    — Dan Lamothe, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • About three miles away, at a townhouse registered to the user’s mother, a knock at the door went unanswered.
    — Shane Harris, Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Some requests from Globe reporters went unanswered for more than six months.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Marcus's wife, Kiyomi, is featured in the doc, but there are a lot of unanswered questions about her and his fam.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 14 July 2023
  • But for three years, their unanswered questions haunted them.
    — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Phone calls to Northview Village went unanswered Monday.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Court records do not list an attorney for Napier and a call made to his home on Wednesday rang unanswered.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There still are more unanswered questions about the team than sure things, and the upcoming slate will show who the Trojans really are.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • My preference would be to not work on back-to-back weeks, but alas, my pleas for load management have gone unanswered.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Though the study leaves plenty of questions unanswered, to others in the field, this is an important step forward.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Despite hearing occupants inside the home, the deputies calls to come out went unanswered.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The crew on a passing ship sent out several unanswered signals.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023

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