How to Use unchecked in a Sentence

unchecked

adjective
  • Abuses of power by the Israelis that go unchecked by the rest of the world.
    ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Feelings that left unchecked, could lead me back to a drink.
    Laura Cathcart Robbins, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
  • If left unchecked, the stems can girdle a small tree or shrub.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • But the sun is setting on the age of unchecked male mediocrity, and thank goodness.
    Ross McCammon, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Carney isn’t afraid of leaving some items unchecked on her own list.
    Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Left unchecked, the rapid filling of the landfill will be expensive.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But in an amendment to that report filed on Tuesday, that box was left unchecked.
    Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • At the same time, graft among the country’s elites appeared to continue unchecked.
    Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 23 July 2024
  • 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
  • Advertisement Many have left such bills unchecked through the pause.
    Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
  • Poor oversight has, in some instances, allowed for the misuse of leave to go unchecked, the people said.
    William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But the disease is life-threatening when left unchecked.
    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
  • The attacks went unchecked by authorities for more than a year.
    Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • If left unchecked, roughly 29 million tonnes of that plastic will flow into the ocean as waste.
    Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • If left unchecked, this pattern can persist for a lifetime.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The feral hog population, if left unchecked, could triple over the span of a year, TPWD warned.
    Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The head of the administrators union, Nery Paiz, spoke of too many unchecked assaults against staff and students.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
  • Ecosystems throughout the world are reeling from the effects of unchecked habitat loss and climate change.
    Sutirtha Lahiri, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2023
  • If left unchecked, wines grown in high heat can end up tasting overcooked, more like cloying jam than like fresh fruit.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Ullmark’s shutout bid was snapped 7:24 into the third period when Brock Boeser, left unchecked at the top of the crease, knocked home Conor Garland’s feed from the rear wall.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • And poaching was left unchecked, meaning much of its native wildlife was also lost.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
  • Cicada guts are acidic and can cause lasting paint damage if left unchecked for too long.
    Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 12 May 2024
  • For all this posturing, Hawley would leave unchecked the flood of dark money.
    Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Melissa Fumero knows the dire health consequences that can arise when stress and anxiety go unchecked.
    Bruna Nessif, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
  • For an island as small as Formentera, this could be disastrous if gone unchecked.
    Michaela Trimble, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
  • In that 1971 case, inmates alleged unchecked violence and racial discrimination within the walls of the prison.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 July 2024

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