How to Use unfinished in a Sentence

unfinished

adjective

• Toriyama worked for 45 years and still had unfinished work at the time of his death.
  — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The toilet is on an outside wall on the main floor, above the unfinished part of my basement.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• In fact, they could be sold at any time while the game remained unfinished.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023
• This movie seems to me, on some level, to be about the unfinished work of the civil-rights movement.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• The roof is chevron-shaped, similar to the entrance below, and the walls are unfinished.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
• Beers convinced Smith to pay him upfront, then left most of the work unfinished.
  — Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 25 Feb. 2023
• As the deadline loomed, the lyrics remained unfinished.
  — David Peisner, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• Sometimes the best way to manifest the nature of stone is to leave it unfinished.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• The building lacked walls on two sides, but a single light bulb hung from the unfinished ceiling.
  — WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
• The purpose of the software is unclear and as of 2020 appeared unfinished.
  — Ryan W. Briggs, Max Marin and William Bender, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2023
• Keep in mind that this wax needs to sit on the wood floor for at least 20 minutes (sometimes more, if your floor is unfinished).
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2023
• In one classroom there is an unfinished chess game one of the slain students had been playing.
  — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Still, civil rights leaders said the fight for equal rights is unfinished.
  — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
• The still house was unfinished, lacking windows and doors.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2023
• There were a bunch, but the sequence that was probably the most unfinished was the Nurburgring crash.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
• In one classroom, there is an unfinished chess game one of the slain students had been playing, the pieces unmoved.
  — Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• The unfinished book became a running joke in the Sherwin household.
  — Andy Kifer, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• Before moving on to the next chapter of my life, there is some unfinished business.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2022
• Though, an unfinished version of the book was published posthumously in the United States in 1987.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• It was based off of a demo recorded by John Lennon but left unfinished before his death.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Plus, the two stoppers keep unfinished wine bottles fresh.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
• The unfinished film is partly the result of unfulfilled hopes.
  — Armond White, National Review, 29 Sep. 2023
• If that doesn't work or your purse is made of unfinished leather, take it to a dry cleaner that specializes in treating leather.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2023
• At one point, Meachen’s account asked for editing help for two unfinished books.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• Glasshouse Media The basement (400-plus square feet) is unfinished.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• Including the unfinished parts. Reach Denise Snodell at [e-mail].
  — Denise Snodell, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
• When Taeko tries to preserve her son’s last unfinished game board, even during a minor earthquake, the heart breaks.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Marchers and organizers reflect on the unfinished goals of that day.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the bottle of Sriracha sauce remained pristine, and a Lindt chocolate bar languished, unfinished, for a while.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023
• May 2023 Four of Swords: Dearest Leo, something might be keeping you up at night that feels unfinished.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024