How to Use unmarked in a Sentence

unmarked

adjective
  • 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
  • The news of unmarked graves in Canada also spurred the U.S. to action.
    Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
  • Some are believed to have been buried in unmarked graves.
    WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Much like the rest of the city, the home was supposedly built right on top of unmarked graves.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
  • Who was in all those countless rows of unmarked graves in Quang Tri?
    George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 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
  • Two medics prop Nichols' slumped body up against the unmarked police car.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • But there was nothing to tie him to an unmarked grave in a small Michigan town.
    John Carlisle, Freep.com, 28 May 2023
  • Women and infants died and were buried in unmarked graves.
    Joanna Biggs, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Experts have uncovered a total of 66 unmarked graves since the start of the search.
    Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Small, who is leading the search for unmarked graves at Red Cloud, first arrived there in May.
    NBC news, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Together, the two men cleared brush and righted some of the unmarked headstones.
    Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • While most ski routes are unmarked, trail maps can be found online.
    Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Many children were not returned home and were buried in unmarked graves.
    Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
  • The skulls of the Black Philadelphians were probably taken from unmarked graves at the almshouse.
    Remy Tumin, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • For decades, Ware’s remains lay in an unmarked grave in a forest on the side of an Alabama road.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Dumfries one-timed a pass from the right flank as Depay streaked unmarked into the penalty area.
    Ronald Blum, Chron, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Many brandished a symbol of protest: plain, unmarked sheets of white paper.
    Jody Rosen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • An unmarked Osman Bukari headed home a cross in the eighty-ninth minute, bringing Ghana back to within a goal.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Now Black visits King’s still unmarked grave at a cemetery in Michigan at least two times a day.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Currently, the man is buried in an unmarked grave in the Old Foley Cemetery in Foley.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 19 June 2023
  • Diani opened the scoring for France in the 15th minute when she was left unmarked in front of goal to head in Sakina Karchaoui’s cross from the left.
    James Robson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • And on a hill to the east is an unmarked African burial ground, the extent of which is just now being rediscovered.
    Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • One officer took photos of Nichols as he was propped up against an unmarked police car, video and records showed.
    Adrian Sainz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Safe to say, this fire sign isn’t afraid to explore uncharted waters or unmarked paths.
    Brittany Beringer, Women's Health, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Rebel Court has no houses on it and amounts to nothing more than an unmarked cul-de-sac in the middle of a rural field about 20 miles south of Mobile.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • It had previously been buried since 1989 in an unmarked grave.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Doncic might sling a pass across the span of an overanxious defense, to an unmarked teammate in the distant corner.
    Robert O'Connell, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Many children were buried at cemeteries on or near the boarding schools’ grounds — sometimes in unmarked graves.
    Emmanuel Martinez, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023

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