How to Use unborn in a Sentence

unborn

adjective
  • The free world has seen the science of the unborn child.
    NBC News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • That still leaves open the matter of what to teach my unborn child.
    James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Friends and family cheer at the sight of an unborn child.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • That has changed in the days since a family lost two loved ones and an unborn child.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ronchi was, in fact, the father of Galperina’s unborn child, the court said.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Balderrama said the deaths, Logan and her unborn child, marked the 57th and 58th murders in the city.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • One was an unborn boy named Armani who was about a month from his due date.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • One of them, after all, is her fiancé — the father of her unborn child.
    John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Victor had to choose whether to save his wife’s life or his unborn daughter’s.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Ryan; her boyfriend, Reynold Lester; her one-year-old son, Alonzo; and her unborn child were all killed.
    Jordan McGillis, National Review, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The chorus may at times be the ancestors, or the future, the as-yet unborn, watching us.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023
  • But some savvy fans think that the singer just revealed the unannounced name of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' unborn fourth child.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 21 Oct. 2022
  • So, for instance, the ballot language refers to an unborn child.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Polley’s conceit is that Autje is telling the story of the meeting to the unborn child of Ona, played by Rooney Mara.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Those charges are connected with his wife Kali and his unborn child’s deaths.
    Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
  • But the silver is cursed and has consequences for all of them, including the unborn.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The life of the mother cannot be chosen over the life of the unborn child, or vice versa, because all life is sacred, and the right to choose is in God's hands alone.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • However, the law bars mothers from being charged for murder in the death of their own unborn child.
    USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • His legislation would not protect the lives of unborn girls and boys.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Two women and four men were killed during the attack along with a seven-month-old unborn child.
    Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Twice in just a few weeks, Jessica had needed to make a choice between two lives: hers and her unborn child’s.
    Christopher Hartnick, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Family said Ryan and her boyfriend planned to name their unborn child Armani Lester.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Though the suit claims a medical professional told her the unborn baby was not harmed by the fire.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Police spoke with the woman, who said that she had been punched in the head multiple times by the man who is the father of her 10-month-old child and her unborn child.
    cleveland, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Heartbreakingly, the crash caused the unborn child to be expelled from Sylmetaj's body.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Stroh also shared that Levine wanted to name his unborn child after her.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Rosa and her unborn child died on March 30 from what police said was a result of several stab wounds.
    Brandon Livesay, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The Catholic Church’s position, and the Judeo-Christian position for millenniums, has been that the rights of this unborn baby are the same as the rights of the mom.
    David Marchese, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Indeed, your concern for the safety of your wife and unborn child is warranted.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Martínez last year pleaded guilty to carjacking resulting in the death of a person and an unborn child.
    Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 29 July 2023

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