How to Use unsolved in a Sentence

unsolved

adjective
Definition of unsolvednext
  • No arrests were made at the time and the case went unsolved.
    — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The 24-year-old’s death went unsolved for more than three decades.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The case remains unsolved by Louisville police and the FBI.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2024
  • And then there’s the still-unsolved mystery of how and why monarchs migrate in the first place.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2022
  • The case went unsolved for years, with no solid leads to the identity of the gunmen.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • To this day, the car bombing of Augie Palmisano remains unsolved.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Add this to the growing list of IRS mishaps and unsolved mysteries.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But the question of who ordered the killing remains unsolved.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • How to cater to this very large group of people isn’t some kind of long-unsolved mystery.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2022
  • In the nearly 35 years that followed, Justin’s death went unsolved.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Six years later, the case remains unsolved and no one has been charged.
    — Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Over those decades, the case remained unsolved — and without many leads.
    — oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2022
  • But the intense scrutiny on the unsolved slayings sparked thousands of tips to the FBI.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Killings of 3 women in Long Island went unsolved for more than a decade.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
  • In 2007, Williamson again spoke about the case remaining unsolved.
    — Alexis Stevens The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s what happens next for unsolved ‘cold case’ killings from the civil rights era.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • His mother has long asked for the unsolved case to be re-examined.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Davis said the sheriff’s office would be patrolling the trail as long as the case remains unsolved.
    — Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The victim died of natural causes in 2011 and the unsolved case grew cold.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Her unsolved homicide has been like a hovering storm cloud over the city for years.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Five decades later, the murder of the young nun and high school teacher remains unsolved.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Both of the unsolved cases happened during the month of July as well.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 22 July 2022
  • For more than 30 years, the case went unsolved and Adams was not charged in connection with the fatal assault.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024
  • An in-depth examination of the unsolved murders of two of the biggest hip-hop stars of the 1990s.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
  • But half a year since the sabotage took place, the mystery remains unsolved.
    — WIRED, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Take his crime-solving skills away from the couch and into this game, which puts him in the center of three unsolved murders.
    — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Now his grieving wife is pleading for justice in the aftermath of the unsolved crime.
    — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Saturday was the 33rd anniversary of the unsolved, late-night heist.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Mar. 2023
  • That rape went unsolved until DNA taken in a rape kit matched Abston.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The arrest For more than five years, the case remained unsolved, haunting Delphi residents.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024

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