How to Use unprovoked in a Sentence

unprovoked

adjective
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  • Of those unprovoked bites, 41 occurred in the United States.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In general, unprovoked shark bites have decreased over the past decade.
    — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 5 July 2023
  • San Diego police said the attack on Cao appeared to be random and unprovoked.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • 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
  • Kyiv and its Western allies say the invasion is an unprovoked land grab.
    — Reuters, CNN, 10 July 2022
  • Authorities say the two men did not appear to know each other, and have called the shooting unprovoked.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The 35-year-old man was sleeping when he was attacked in what police believe was an unprovoked assault.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Last June, an 82-year-old professor died after he was knocked to the ground and beaten in an unprovoked attack at a downtown bus stop.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The air war over Ukraine could have gone either way in the first few weeks of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of the country starting in late February.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Its venom is potent, and the Stokes’ sea snake has been reported to carry out unprovoked attacks on divers.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But last year, there were just 73 unprovoked attacks worldwide.
    — Curbed, 21 July 2022
  • After the unprovoked animal attack, the moose walks down the sidewalk slowly.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Many gay-rights activists have been silenced, gone into hiding or fled the country for fear of unprovoked attacks on them.
    — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The plan did not recognize that Russia has been the aggressor in this war; that its invasion was unprovoked.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
  • Three New Jersey tourists were shot, as was a fourth man in an April 2021 shooting spree authorities said was unprovoked.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The killing was one of a number of unprovoked attacks on Asian people in the last few years that experts said stemmed from anti-Asian bias connected to the Covid-19 pandemic.
    — Sabrina Souza, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Since Russia launched its unprovoked attack on Ukraine in February, crypto has been part of the story.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The man died early last year in an unprovoked attack captured in stark video footage that instantly went viral.
    — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The unprovoked killing aroused fear in Colfax’s Black residents, prompting them to seek refuge together at the courthouse.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Ukraine’s backers scoff at such rhetoric coming from the country that launched an unprovoked invasion.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • On July 10, an 86-year-old Asian woman was shoved to the ground in another unprovoked attack in San Francisco.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 27 July 2023

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