How to Use unprompted in a Sentence

unprompted

adjective

• But then Carlisle paused and changed the subject, unprompted.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 1 July 2020
• Between songs, the crowd chants his name, unprompted: O-T!
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Miller said the veterans wanted to keep her in at the end of the game, and Bonner gave her an unprompted shoutout post-game.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• The band continued to play through their stage monitors, causing the crowd to rush the stage and join in an unprompted sing-along.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2018
• On one hand, Negan was taking the time and making the unprompted effort to bond with a boy in need of a father figure.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• First came an unprompted response from Berhalter in his news conference the day before the game.
  — New York Times, 13 Nov. 2021
• He wasn't transported to the hospital after the collapse, which came unprompted as no one else was near him.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2021
• While Krzyzewski brushed off the value of that lopsided record, Izzo brought it up unprompted and said one of his goals is to win this game to cut into that deficit.
  — Stephen Whyno, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
• Around half an hour in, the chatbot interrupts our silence and starts speaking to me in Spanish, unprompted.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2024
• Also, there was just so much time spent walking to class or sitting in the library talking with people—long, unprompted breaks from screens.
  — Clare Collins, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2022
• Next-oldest Trip is concerned with little more than pickup basketball and the girls who flock to him unprompted.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
• Ruud, unprompted, sent his prayers to the victims and those close to everyone impacted by the attacks.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022
• The Buffalo Springfield singer brought it up unprompted in a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023
• Belarus has been aiding Moscow in its unprompted war against Ukraine.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022
• Complaints about the pricey unprompted payments began to spread across social media Monday as folks who went to the music fest tried to figure out where the charges came from.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
• But while speaking to Variety, Staunton and Manville — both unprompted — defended the show and its creator.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
• An unprompted armed attack would also galvanize the Philippines’ allies like the U.S. and other states in the region to respond in force.
  — Time, 8 Aug. 2023
• President Trump made an unprompted prediction of what George Floyd, the man killed last week in the hands of Minneapolis police, would think about the protests over his death.
  — TheWeek, 4 June 2020
• Scott threw the first unprompted elbow Ramaswamy's way after the latter offered praise for the other candidates on stage.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• Some Illinois voters complained to the state board that the unprompted texts, sent from a group called Vote Futures, list their addresses and advise them to vote at the wrong polling site, according to the release.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
• That's what two different Uber drivers tell me, unprompted, about the power the country music star holds in this resort town near her childhood home in the Great Smoky Mountains.
  — Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Hansen brought up Sterling unprompted and defended him in a conversation with a small group.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
• Amid the fervor on Capitol Hill, there has been little unprompted mention of Palestinian deaths.
  — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• And not one of them, but rather two: Mara and Edgar, who tag-teamed the entire time during the stay and were more attentive than Jeeves on his best day, asking when turndown and maid service should be scheduled unprompted.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 29 June 2023
• Such anonymous and unprompted attacks come with having a public image in 2021.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 23 Mar. 2021
• Instead, with reporters in the room and cameras rolling, Trump opened the meeting with an unprompted four-minute critique of Mueller’s investigation.
  — Time, 9 Apr. 2018
• There Irving announced—unprompted—that his desire was to re-sign with Boston for the foreseeable future.
  — Hunter Felt, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• The scene took weeks to choreograph and shoot with dozens of extras – and even some passersby who decided to participate unprompted.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022
• But in these crucial instances, Trump harmed himself, unprompted.
  — Jay Cost, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
• At the time, these beacons could send unprompted notifications to any Android device and some (though not all) Apple devices in the vicinity.
  — Katie Joseff, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2020

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024