How to Use unexplained in a Sentence

unexplained

adjective
  • Do your best to avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with any person with a new and unexplained rash.
    Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Strange, unexplained things have been known to happen there.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Werewolf by Night might have just added another one to the list of unexplained weapons on Earth.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The report shed light on what had been a surprise and unexplained firing.
    Ryan J. Foley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • In May 1993 an unexplained pulmonary illness killed a young Navajo man in the U.S.
    Alberto Lucas LÓpez, National Geographic, 17 June 2021
  • The relevance of the question went unexplained by Leach.
    Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Our father’s long unexplained absences, the fights between him and our mom.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The others were either killed in crossfire, or their deaths are so far unexplained.
    Byreuters, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Since the story first picks up in the middle of the Sick, many details about its origin were left unexplained — until now.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • The other two deaths remain unexplained: Buster's classmate Stephen Smith died in a hit and run that has never been solved.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The first unexplained cases, which was fatal, occurred in an adult in Kansas in March.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022
  • But we are supposed to believe that his unexplained sole dissent in the Trump records case must be corrupt.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Apr. 2022
  • In June 2016, just two months after Makenzie was born, she was treated in the ER for unexplained choking.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Say goodbye to mud, dirt, crumbs, and other unexplained debris for good while prices start at $30 with savings of up to 83%.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2024
  • Then there was an unexplained pause when Donald Trump did not host Obama.
    CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Also, that big red giant looks a lot like the unexplained mountain in the Indian ocean.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The ending is abrupt, glossing over the real-life 1972 raid with an unexplained mention in passing.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The only indication of spring is the chronic unexplained leak over my kitchen sink.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Waters said that for some unexplained reason, the suspect allowed other patrons, both white and Black, to leave the store.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • That leaves the last option: There are unexplained particles or forces causing the upward shift in the W boson’s mass.
    John Conway, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022
  • That is where researchers found the increase in unexplained deaths in Black infants but not for any other racial or ethnic groups.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Hannah-Jones’ choice to say no to UNC, then, wasn’t about the unexplained delays in the tenure offer (though that certainly didn’t help).
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 6 July 2021
  • Motives for the attack in and around a children’s lakeside playground in the Alpine town of Annecy remained unexplained.
    John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • The most common ones are sudden unexplained shortness of breath, chest pain or fainting.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But then he was escorted out of Kuwait for unexplained reasons.
    John S. Matuszak, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Then there was an unexplained 24-hour delay in results.
    Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
  • In 2020, an unexplained structure was found in a remote area of southeastern Utah.
    Christopher Brito, CBS News, 18 June 2024
  • Disgust is repulsed by the unexplained ripe smell coming out of Riley’s armpits.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
  • Given the unexplained source of infection, health investigators in the state have been working to track the virus both backward in time—to try to identify the source—and forward—to identify any potential onward spread.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The town of East Palestine remains deeply divided over the derailment with some residents eager to move forward and put the disaster behind them while others who are still dealing with unexplained health problems can’t see how to do that.
    Josh Funk, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024

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