How to Use unoccupied in a Sentence

unoccupied

adjective
  • A third of the beds at the hospital were unoccupied.
  • About half of the seats were unoccupied when the concert started.
  • The house was unoccupied, and the main body of the fire has been knocked down.
    — George Kelly, The Mercury News, 31 July 2019
  • See how one unoccupied house was swept into the ocean this week.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
  • All the homes were unoccupied at the time the break-ins occurred.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Her first stop is her bedroom, which has been unoccupied since her move to the garage.
    — EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The restaurant was unoccupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2022
  • This friend touches the paint up and mows the lawn of every unoccupied home on his block.
    — Katie Prout, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Ensure that doors and windows are locked when the home is unoccupied and at night.
    — Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There, deputies found an unoccupied vehicle that had gone off the road and hit a tree.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Never go to sleep with a space heater on, and never leave one turned on in an unoccupied room.
    — Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The boat was unoccupied when the fire started.
    — The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2026
  • The clinic was closed and unoccupied at the time of the shooting.
    — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The building was unoccupied at the time, and no one was injured.
    — oregonlive.com, 6 July 2019
  • Police said the building was unoccupied at the time of the crash.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • The 2-alarm blaze appears to have started in a unit that was unoccupied at the time.
    — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Police also noted that the homes were unoccupied at the time of the break-ins.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
  • At this point in the tale, he has been handed a tray of drinks and asked to wait in an unoccupied room for her arrival.
    — Nitsuh Abebe, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • The home, at 2,041 square feet, sits on three acres and was unoccupied.
    — cleveland, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Donnie is alarmed to find her in a room that, according to the board, is unoccupied.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But the house was unoccupied at the time of the explosion, the sheriff said.
    — Darran Simon, CNN, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Police then tried to make a felony stop, but the vehicle was unoccupied at that point.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2026
  • In fact, the entire area was then unoccupied for up to 600 years.
    — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The car was unoccupied with the keys still present, but some items were missing from the vehicle.
    — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • At the home, a woman answered the door and claimed the house was unoccupied, police said.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 2 Nov. 2021
  • This is the second unoccupied house collapse of the day at the Seashore.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
  • Fire officials said the restaurant was unoccupied at the time of the fire.
    — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • In a little more than two days, the surf pulled down eight unoccupied houses along the shoreline.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The van was parked and unoccupied, and a key was broken off in the driver’s door lock, police said.
    — Cale Ahearn, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2026
  • Door and windows in unoccupied rooms should be secured.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025

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