How to Use unmarked in a Sentence

unmarked

adjective
  • She was buried in an unmarked grave.
    Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There was talk of a white, unmarked van.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • They were buried in an unmarked grave somewhere.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • They are snatched from the streets and thrown into unmarked cars.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
  • While most ski routes are unmarked, trail maps can be found online.
    Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The movers showed up late, driving an unmarked rental truck — a bad sign.
    Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2020
  • On a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
    Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • An unmarked van pulled up, and a group of men in green, wearing ski masks, ran out.
    New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Holmes drove around in an unmarked car for the better part of two hours on his gang unit shift.
    Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024
  • He’s buried in an unmarked grave at the foot of the Skull Tree.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Boaters were urged to avoid the area due to debris and unmarked hazards.
    Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Back then, the grave was unmarked and a fan had crafted a wooden cross.
    NBC News, 3 July 2021
  • Many of the burial sites are unmarked or have rocks in place of headstones.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
  • No signs mark the spot, so watch your odometer and look for the unmarked dirt road on the right.
    Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 11 June 2020
  • Many children were not returned home and were buried in unmarked graves.
    Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
  • An unmarked spray bottle was sitting on a kitchen shelf.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Some graves are unmarked or identified through rocks on the ground.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • His coffin was simple and his grave unmarked.
    Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Two unmarked vehicles pulled up near his truck.
    New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The other one was unmarked, and there was a man standing in front of it with bags of basil.
    New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Just be sure to bring plenty of light for the walk back as the trail is a bit overgrown and unmarked.
    Kyle Ellison, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Who was in all those countless rows of unmarked graves in Quang Tri?
    George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Now, with the church gone, the cemetery rests in an unmarked clump of trees in the middle of a field.
    Sarah Hume, The Courier-Journal, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Marisa DiGrande was left unmarked in the box with a clear shot on goal.
    Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Dozens of marked and unmarked vehicles just drove off the scene of the shooting.
    Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But there was nothing to tie him to an unmarked grave in a small Michigan town.
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 28 May 2023
  • Their vehicles were unmarked and much of the group wore collared shirts and slacks.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But 59 years later, the site where Huey was killed is unmarked.
    Erik Wallenberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025
  • At the coroner’s direction, the body was buried that day in an unmarked grave.
    Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
  • At the coroner’s direction, the body was buried that day in an unmarked grave.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

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