How to Use unanswered in a Sentence

unanswered

adjective
  • 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 game got off to a fiery start, with FP scoring 13 unanswered goals in the first half.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 May 2022
  • The Broncos got the upper hand with 10 unanswered points in the third quarter.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Emails to the restaurant and the Red Cross Bay Area chapter went unanswered.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Reed's questions to Zachry about where the box came from went unanswered.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
  • But where and when and by whom were questions that were left unasked and unanswered.
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Look, read the labels, mull over the prickly unanswered questions many of the pieces leave you with.
    — New York Times, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The couple made all the calls, knocked on doors and didn’t let a ringing phone go unanswered for that first year.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • But in the back of her mind, unanswered questions lingered.
    — Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • As winds picked up again this week, key questions about the fires remain unanswered: What sparked the flames in the first place?
    — Sachi Mulkey, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Iran That leaves the biggest unanswered question of them all: Iran.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
  • With the vast search effort now over, the focus turns to the many unanswered questions that remain.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 June 2023
  • The question of who pays for cleanup remains unanswered.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • But Jones scored eight unanswered points to put Marquette ahead, 10-6.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, a 2-0 lead quickly fell apart with five unanswered goals from the Preds.
    — Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Coming into the show at this point, what was your take on the unanswered questions?
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • There are a lot of unanswered questions about Milchick that can be filled in by the audience and the actor.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • The final design includes a reflection pool where the club’s dance floor is now, but still unanswered is whether any portion of the nightclub building would be used in the eventual structure.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Foreign countries, including long-time US allies, say Trump’s tariffs won’t go unanswered, setting the stage for a global, tit-for-tat trade war that could quickly spiral out of control.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025

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