How to Use uninvited in a Sentence

uninvited

adjective
  • The look in her eyes was firm but pleading, that of an uninvited guest who meant no harm.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2022
  • One evening, about two weeks ago, our neighbors came to the door at about 6:30 uninvited.
    Annie Lane, cleveland, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The uninvited guests, picked to finish dead last in the Pac-12 Conference, had some fun with the whole thing.
    John Canzano, oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The films of Shyamalan are filled with such uninvited house guests.
    Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Split ends are like uninvited guests that crash your party, unannounced and ready to hang for a while.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The uninvited visitor surveyed the room and left in a huff.
    New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • This, Miss Manners assumes, is in the case of uninvited neighbors or friends brought by your guests.
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Now, this corner of the bracket is all about the uninvited guests wearing black and orange.
    John Canzano, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The party, the uninvited were told, had been scaled back because of growing concerns about the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Neil Noble sent more than 50 emails to Madson and showed up uninvited to her workplace and home.
    Dallas News, 5 May 2021
  • But Stapleton's mind wasn't on any of that in the midst of an event that somehow managed to transcend the presence of the world's most uninvited guest.
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • If, anywhere in the world, a big guy was bullying a little guy, Rudy would barge in uninvited to stand with the little guy.
    Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 1 June 2023
  • The party turned into a crime scene when a group of uninvited people opened fire at the crowd after being told to leave.
    Andy Rose, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Police contacted a suspect, who said the man had come to the party drunk and uninvited and made racist comments to some guests and struck him on the face first.
    Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Trump said Fuentes showed up uninvited at his dinner with Ye.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But when the idea of Stanley showing up to the memorial uninvited arose, it was quickly put on the back burner.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Rich Burkhardt says the lodge was hosting a private quinceañera when some uninvited guests arrived.
    Fox 19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 19 May 2022
  • But good friends cancel — and uninvited guests show up.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Jan. 2023
  • And everywhere in the City of Lights, uninvited fashion fans gathered at the periphery of shows to cheer.
    Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
  • According to Cole, the shooting began after uninvited guests showed up to the house party and were asked to leave.
    Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2022
  • Then an uninvited guest shows up at the funeral with a secret known only to Baneatta and the story takes a swift turn.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • But what’s your plan for dealing with uninvited guests?
    Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The first episode shows the rapper arriving uninvited to the offices of Roc-A-Fella Records, hoping to be heard by anyone.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Don and his wife Jan Schultz called authorities and Wildlife and Fisheries came to capture the uninvited guest.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
  • Big Tech has unlocked our doors and walked into our homes uninvited.
    Maritza Johnson, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2022
  • But the party doesn't stop there, when, months later, Ron and Kyla show up to Marcus and Emily's big day - uninvited.
    EW.com, 18 June 2021
  • Thank the uninvited guest for the wedding gift, but don’t feel pressure to address the non-invitation.
    Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Ellerin's friends later told police that Gargiulo, who lived less than a block away from her, would show up to her house uninvited.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2021
  • As music blared and the uninvited guests downed booze, the foyer of the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom home was turned into a boxing ring for a match, cellphone clips show.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The young chess player was also banned from Chess.com and uninvited from the Global Championship, according to the Guardian.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2022

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