How to Use unaccounted in a Sentence
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The hope was for Boyd to hit an unaccounted-for Burrow in the end zone.
— Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2022 -
One of the volunteers — the one he was supposed to meet — was unaccounted for.
— Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022 -
What should Prescott do if a heavy blitz left an unaccounted-for threat?
— Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022 -
One by one on Thursday, Creasey got word about the unaccounted pups from Dog Tag.
— Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022 -
The remains are believed to be those of the homeowner, who was unaccounted for at the time of the blaze, troopers said.
— Anchorage Daily News, 19 Nov. 2021 -
As the death toll continues to rise, thousands were unaccounted for in the storm's wake.
— Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022 -
The death toll in the collapse rose to 95 on Tuesday; 14 more people are unaccounted for.
— Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, 13 July 2021 -
At the time, the girls’ mother, 27-year-old Nicole Ashley Jackson, was thought to have been a victim of the fire but was unaccounted for.
— Rosana Hughes, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022 -
Things have gone unaccounted for and that’s a really hard part of this case.
— Tasha Lemley, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2022 -
For about three months, the marble was unaccounted for.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021 -
Gabi told me that the ship had drifted off course because of an unaccounted-for hundred-and-forty-pound mass.
— Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 -
The group wants to be part of the solution so that no relatives are unaccounted for.
— Nienke Onneweer, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2021 -
Two of the lifeboats were empty and the fourth was reportedly unaccounted for.
— Joseph Wilson, ajc, 16 Feb. 2022 -
Those unaccounted for were in the Beach Road area, where the largest slide - about 600 feet wide - came down Wednesday afternoon, Olerud said.
— CBS News, 3 Dec. 2020 -
The plane and its six crew members remain unaccounted for.
— New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021 -
About 160 people were still unaccounted for Friday amid fears that the death toll of at least four could go much higher.
— Mae Anderson, USA TODAY, 26 June 2021 -
Many of the occupants of the convoy are still unaccounted for -- one week later.
— Vasco Cotovio, Tim Lister and David McKenzie, CNN, 3 Apr. 2021 -
Jubas also said that one of the bullets fired at Spencer remains unaccounted for.
— Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2022 -
But there are still many buildings to comb through, many people still unaccounted for.
— Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023 -
At one point, the school had 84 students unaccounted for, so this has greatly improved, Holmes said.
— Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 -
During a ship-wide head count, the carrier crew learned one sailor was unaccounted for.
— Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020 -
So there was a lot of space in there, and there was a lot of time that was unaccounted for in terms of Terminator’s presence in the minds of the audience and the folks who love the franchise.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023 -
But there were still people unaccounted for, and cars abandoned throughout the city.
— John Leland, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2021 -
No other suspects in the incident remained at large, but the gun used in the shooting was unaccounted for.
— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022 -
The girl who died was unaccounted for until late morning.
— Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022 -
More than 150 people are unaccounted for in the collapse.
— NBC News, 27 June 2021 -
The governor, though, expects the death toll to rise, as dozens of people remain unaccounted for.
— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2021 -
Now Gary and Brad are among the 150 people unaccounted for six days after part of the condo building came crashing down.
— al, 29 June 2021 -
The emergency worker at the scene said that at least 100 people were confirmed dead and that more remained unaccounted for.
— Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023 -
Two of them have been identified and three remain unaccounted for.
— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2023
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