How to Use unexplained in a Sentence

unexplained

adjective
  • Now that leaves about half to two-thirds unexplained.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Note, too, the unexplained set of antlers strapped to the roof of his car.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2021
  • It was joined by a slew of unexplained health problems.
    Jamie Ducharme, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And the unexplained things stopped.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • A week or two might pass, and the unexplained things might start back again, but set some boundaries.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This leaves some of the most alarming blunders of the day unexplained.
    Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The last unexplained death in the town was seven years ago, the police chief said.
    Crystal Hill, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
  • This fact defies basic physics and to this day is unexplained.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2018
  • But there was an unexplained delay.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
  • What drives their bizarre array of symptoms is, as yet, unexplained.
    Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Here are some of the most likely reasons for unexplained weight gain, and how to stop it in its tracks.
    Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 27 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • The illness, still unexplained, sometimes slows her to this day.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
  • Fears of sickness, of strange lumps and unexplained bleeding.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The report shed light on what had been a surprise and unexplained firing.
    Ryan J. Foley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • The others were either killed in crossfire, or their deaths are so far unexplained.
    Byreuters, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • That left the question of where these unexplained cases were coming from.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 30 June 2020
  • The culprits have all been caught and confessed, yet the killings remain unexplained.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • Graf had been ill for decades before the transplant, at first, with unexplained shortness of breath.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
  • The school’s first choice was hired but resigned days later for still-unexplained reasons.
    Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Our father’s long unexplained absences, the fights between him and our mom.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The death is being treated as unexplained at this time, but is not thought to be suspicious.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The high court declined to take up the case in a brief, unexplained order, as is typical.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Yet the unexplained radar returns appeared only a few times.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
  • But for some as yet unexplained reason, children appear to be spared the worst of the disease.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Five made it; two turned back for reasons unexplained in filings related to the case.
    Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 28 June 2019
  • Measles symptoms include fever and unexplained rash.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The event was supposed to last an hour, but ran for almost two — yet key matters still remained unexplained.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Persistent fatigue, unexplained weight changes and brain fog are all reasons to ask for this test by name.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • They were treated with a fix or accepted as an unexplained anomaly.
    Andrea Leinfelder, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2026

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