How to Use unearth in a Sentence

unearth

verb
  • An old document was unearthed from the files.
  • They unearthed evidence that he had accepted bribes.
  • How much was unearthed for the first time in your video?
    Vulture, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Read on to unearth and shop the lust-worthy items at the top of her list.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 19 July 2023
  • This set comes with a dig-out fossils and tools that can be used to unearth it.
    Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The layers at the tip of his tusk had strontium levels that matched the site where he had been unearthed.
    Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the Faithful must try and unearth the identities of the Traitors.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • In between acts, one of the best ways to hide out from the punishing desert sun is to unearth one of Coachella’s secret speakeasies.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Starr’s comments in AARP aren’t the first time he’s clarified how the two rock stars unearthed and finished the track either.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • His search history unearthed queries for equipment that could melt gold, along with news updates on the heist.
    Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The brooch was found in 2020, when metal detectorist Iain Sansome unearthed it on a farm in the village of Cheddar.
    Gretchen Smail, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Their bodies were later unearthed from a mass grave in Serbia.
    Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • In the world of cosmetics, there’s always a handful of new beauty products to unearth.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
  • See it → Metal detectorist unearths 'one-of-a-kind' gold treasure from 1,400 years ago.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But the most recent mammoth fossil found on mainland Alaska is one unearthed near the town of Chicken.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
  • The power of Ringo’s drumming, for example, on those early tracks, it’s been unearthed.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Here, on the shores of Kuskokwim Bay, is the richest record of Yup’ik life prior to contact with Russian sailors yet unearthed for study and preservation.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Against the odds, Ventroni has managed to unearth some reasonably large truffles this year, around 100 grams each.
    WIRED, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Parts of the Shropshire Hills were once under a prehistoric ocean, and pieces of coral are often unearthed there, according to the auction house.
    Emily Blumenthal, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • In her first viral video, Kristen unearthed a guy's identity from a cartoon avatar and a pair of glasses.
    Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In March 2011, two months after police identified the remains of the four online escorts, the remains of six more bodies were unearthed along the beach.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • The tool can unearth photos that people did not post themselves and may not even realize are online.
    Kashmir Hill, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2022
  • An anonymous man unearthed the 700-plus gold coins in a cornfield in Kentucky earlier this year.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2023
  • The company unearthed another flaw in MoveIt around two weeks later and issued a patch.
    Catherine Stupp, WSJ, 19 July 2023
  • The Wakayama Soryu has joined a pantheon of unique mosasaur species, some of which have also been unearthed and classified in recent years.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • With the tides turning against him, Ethan, and Ethan alone, has to unearth Jackson's accusations and prove his innocence.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Lee will also unearth data that put such extremes in context, and ask how climate change plays a role in the state’s shifting weather.
    Sfchroniclepr, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2022
  • One of the rarest diamonds to have ever been unearthed, according to Christie’s, it’s been part of an anonymous private collection for the past 50 years.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In addition to the structure, the team has also unearthed hundreds of artifacts from past centuries.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
  • This past week, rescue workers and volunteers continued to dig for survivors and to unearth the town from under thick rivers of mud.
    Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022

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