How to Use unchecked in a Sentence
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Abuses of power by the Israelis that go unchecked by the rest of the world.
—ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
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Feelings that left unchecked, could lead me back to a drink.
—Laura Cathcart Robbins, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
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If left unchecked, the stems can girdle a small tree or shrub.
—Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022
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Share Tweet Pin Email When left unchecked, kids' toys tend to turn up all over the house.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2023
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The vines will climb trees and, if left unchecked, will kill the tree, thus harming our forests.
—oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2022
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But the sun is setting on the age of unchecked male mediocrity, and thank goodness.
—Ross McCammon, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
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That’s an unchecked box on coach Jim Harbaugh’s to-do list.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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If left unchecked, this sticky residue can lead to black fungus and mildew.
—Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
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Left unchecked for the first time in years, my hormones were now free to run rampant.
—Sarah Levy, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2022
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If left unchecked, the red tape will choke your vision — and the rest of your company.
—Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 26 June 2021
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Green groups warn climate change will go largely unchecked in the state.
—Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 June 2022
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If left unchecked, carp would overwhelm the sucker and make the lake muddy.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 June 2021
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If left unchecked, the metaverse may only make things worse.
—Darren Shou, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
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This will help keep it free from residue buildup, which can cause clogs in pipes and filters if left unchecked.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
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Crews will search from floor-to-floor and room-to-room, leaving no door unopened and no space unchecked.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2022
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He is consumed with grievance, and the man is out for unchecked power.
—ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Left unchecked, America could see a new form of traffic in the skies: drone swarms.
—Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2024
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That fire grew unchecked for days after the area was hit with extreme heat and then lightning sparked the blaze.
—oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
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But with time and the Zoom boom of the pandemic, the rooms have restarted and largely appear to go unchecked.
—NBC news, 11 Mar. 2022
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Carney isn’t afraid of leaving some items unchecked on her own list.
—Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
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Many of the attacks happened in the nearby city of Gilbert and ran unchecked by police for more than a year, the report said.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
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Left unchecked, the rapid filling of the landfill will be expensive.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
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But in an amendment to that report filed on Tuesday, that box was left unchecked.
—Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2023
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At the same time, graft among the country’s elites appeared to continue unchecked.
—Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
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For far too many Georgians, the safety of their families and homes is put at risk by the unchecked crimes of street gangs.
—Georgia News, ajc, 25 Jan. 2023
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Not one position was missed, not one box went unchecked.
—Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Mar. 2022
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Once entrenched, the DEI offices began to grow unchecked.
—Lawrence Krauss, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
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Advertisement Many have left such bills unchecked through the pause.
—Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
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Left unchecked, the debt could be nearly double the size of the economy by mid-century.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2025
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Allowing such actions to go unchecked sends the wrong message and enables further misuse of taxpayer funds.
—Pamella Pema Reid, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2025
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