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
  • But in the back of her mind, unanswered questions lingered.
    — Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • Calls to the office of the Little Boss pet shop on Friday went unanswered.
    — Marie Brockling, NBC News, 6 Jan. 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
  • Then Southern Miss scored 34 unanswered points to leave town with a win over a Power 5 foe.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2022
  • An initial attempt to reach the owners by phone and email went unanswered.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Phone calls to Ehr and Brito went unanswered on Wednesday morning.
    — Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 22 May 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
  • Here's what to know Some questions about those changes remain unanswered, for now.
    — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024
  • But the Libs scored nine unanswered points to regain momentum and go up 21 midway through the third.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • That statement left many of the biggest questions on his stance unanswered.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The trio of shareholders claim their questions about the deal have gone unanswered by Bolt, and called for the court to pause the fundraise ahead of the Tuesday deadline to sign.
    — Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • If your series of soft calling goes unanswered, then crank up the volume.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2024
  • About an hour later, Orville Johnson finished work and called his son, but the calls went unanswered.
    — Davi Merchan, ABC News, 1 May 2024
  • There are a lot of unanswered questions while CARB drafts the climate reporting standards.
    — Jon McGowan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Her mother reports back that the little doctor asked the big doctor and that the question was acknowledged but went unanswered.
    — Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024

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