How to Use unlicensed in a Sentence

unlicensed

adjective

• An unlicensed firearm was found in the center console of the car.
  — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
• That led to the opening of the unlicensed emergency sites.
  — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
• That’s because the products are deemed to be unlicensed drugs.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• The group says 10 puppies and five adult dogs were removed from the unlicensed breeder's home.
  — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018
• Empyreal says Franco also falsely told the judge that some of the pot stores whose cash was in the van were unlicensed.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2022
• Centers that are unlicensed were required to post a sign that said so.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
• Police said Davis got into a hack, or unlicensed cab, and pulled a gun on the driver.
  — Jessica Anderson, baltimoresun.com, 12 June 2018
• Google read the French law as allowing unlicensed use of the headline of a story, but not more than that.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2020
• The gold is then sold to buyers, some of them unlicensed, who transfer it to smelters in Brazil and abroad for refinement.
  — New York Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• In the video, the deputy explains to the couple that they were pulled over for driving an unlicensed vehicle without the tag on it.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Pot’s acrid odor is everywhere in New York, as are unlicensed cannabis shops, which the city can’t control.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Sheriff’s records show Lopez, 39, faces six felony counts of unlicensed practice of health care.
  — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2018
• One way to check for licensed and unlicensed options is by scanning the postings in your area.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
• In that film, which made a splash in Venice, a middle-aged man returns from Russia to the Golan Heights to work as an unlicensed doctor.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
• In March, an unlicensed boarding home caught fire in North Philly, killing four people.
  — Ronnie Polaneczky, Philly.com, 10 May 2018
• Meanwhile, Hyde wants the city to commit to closing unlicensed shops by a certain date.
  — Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• Eggs from unlicensed farm packaged in a licensed farm’s egg crate.
  — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2020
• Perhaps he was convinced that the moment would come when his unlicensed status would come to light.
  — Yoko Ogawa, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• Just last year, Abbott signed a law that allows the unlicensed carry of handguns.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 26 May 2022
• Ideally, the fans never even have the chance to encounter the unlicensed content.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
• Davis and Williams met in barber school five years ago, although Davis has been cutting hair for over 20 years unlicensed.
  — Savannah Mehrtens, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2020
• Abusers could buy a gun from an unlicensed seller or borrow a gun from someone else.
  — al, 12 Nov. 2019
• New York State is beginning to find some success in its own fight against unlicensed stores.
  — Ashley Southall, New York Times, 13 June 2024
• When asked for a list or a ballpark number of the unlicensed works, NMPA declined to comment.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 15 May 2024
• Wi-Fi 6E is the name for devices that operate in the 6-gigahertz (GHz) band, a new swath of unlicensed spectrum.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2022
• Much of this output was unlicensed and spun far past its creator’s control.
  — Brett Sokol, New York Times, 23 May 2018
• Hemsworth laughs when asked about filming these scenes with an unlicensed driver.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 7 May 2024
• The result was a Jan. 30 raid, where officers seized drugs, guns, unlicensed slot machines, and cash.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
• New York City’s effort to snuff out unlicensed shops got a boost last week after a federal judge ruled that the closings were legal.
  — James Barron, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
• The same is not true for unlicensed providers, who don’t receive regular inspections and can refuse access to their homes.
  — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025