How to Use unfold in a Sentence

unfold

verb

• The couch unfolds to form a bed.
• We'll have more news as events unfold.
• As the story unfolds, we learn that the boy became an orphan when he was one year old.
• We watched the drama unfold on live television.
• Just open the top, set it on your counter and watch the cycle of life unfold.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
• These are the state-by-state results as the contests unfold.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Looking ahead to the unfolding year, LinkedIn predicts the trends set to shape the landscape of work in 2024.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
• Just unfold it, slide it into the window frame, pop it out, and voila!
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2023
• What brought the police to the home that day was a series of strange events that unfolded in the days prior.
  — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
• The book unfolds into her day-to-day life with Rose, the baby changing the way Helen reads.
  — Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Here is a timeline of the events that unfolded, starting with when the three hostages were taken.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
• The series, which unfolds over nine episodes, attempts to go inside the mind of the deeply disturbed man who pulled the trigger.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
• The main event of this summit is unfolding on the sidelines: a meeting between Messrs. Biden and Xi.
  — Colleen Long and Aamer Madhani, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
• Every detail seems to answer the question: How will the day unfold?
  — Kristen Flanagan, House Beautiful, 16 Feb. 2023
• Even her forecast for how the match would unfold landed on target.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• Alas, Liu’s spider-sense didn’t alert him to the insidious plot that was about to unfold.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
• What forms and media do these stories unfold in, and how are they shaped by the internet?
  — Andrew Ridker, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Here’s what some said about the events that unfolded since Hamas attacked Israel.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Our challenge in the adaptation was to answer some of those questions and unfold them.
  — Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
• Now, the two must unpack how their lives unfolded, why things fell apart the first time around, and whether someone can find love again with the same person.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
• The feud between the two is ongoing and fans await what drama will unfold in season 7.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• The Rams will be the No. 6 or No. 7 seed depending on what scenarios unfold in the final weekend of games.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• No discussion of the brave new world that will unfold over the coming months is complete without a mention of AI.
  — Aarjav Trivedi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Paging through the book while in bed with a case of Covid, Coppola had begun to see the picture unfolding in her mind.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
• The canyon’s iron way, a series of sturdy iron bars that rise up the 450-foot cliff, guides climbers back to the mesa as views of southern Utah’s iconic red rocks unfold at their backs.
  — Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
• But many of the most powerful moments were those that unfolded without a word.
  — Paul Plunkett, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
• Inside the Proud Boys trial, videos and secret chats revealed how the Jan. 6 plot unfolded.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• Hijack, a real-time thriller in the tradition of 24, unfolds on a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London.
  — Time, 12 July 2023
• An array of moves will undoubtedly unfold across the league between now and next month's NFL draft.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
• Fans of the pair can watch the next chapter of their love story unfold during their wedding special airing live on ABC on Jan. 4.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024