How to Use unknown quantity in a Sentence

unknown quantity

noun

• People were determined to get the unknown quantity out of the game.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
• People were determined to get the unknown quantity out of the game.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
• That ended up being Miller, now a legend in his own right but a bit more of an unknown quantity at the time.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
• Then again, in the phone call last month, Davis acknowledged the risk faced by early adopters of any unknown quantity.
  — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
• Cleanliness is an unknown quantity to these people.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• Still an unknown quantity to most of the Florida electorate, Donalds had this crowd in the palm of his hand.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
• The co-host will be confident of putting in a repeat performance against an Australian side that is a bit of an unknown quantity.
  — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
• For the first time in a couple of years, the Boise State football wide receiver room is somewhat of an unknown quantity.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
• One of the challenges was that the Nazis were producing an unknown quantity of new tanks that were more powerful than older models.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
• The real Colbert, not the character, would helm the show, and that guy behind the mask was still an unknown quantity to the viewing public.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
• During the search of the residence and traffic stop, officials found 144 grams of methamphetamine, an unknown quantity of ketamine and prescription pills, drug paraphernalia, a digital scale and a shotgun, the sheriff's office said.
  — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
• Trump’s encouragement of Walker was enough to spur him into the race, though Republicans as a whole were hesitant, given Walker’s lack of experience and standing as an unknown quantity among GOP voters.
  — Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
• Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Reserve is, in the words of University of Virginia economics professor Eric Leeper, an unknown quantity — and markets are pricing in the uncertainty.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 May 2026