How to Use unprovoked in a Sentence

unprovoked

adjective

• The July 10 clash is the latest in a series of unprovoked stranger attacks to hit the city, cops said.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
• Of those unprovoked bites, 41 occurred in the United States.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 July 2023
• Both victims relied on the the train or bus, and were killed in an unprovoked attack.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
• This is not the first time Russian media has been hacked since the country waged an unprovoked war in Ukraine.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 June 2022
• Florida is the top U.S. state with the most unprovoked bites, with 16 cases.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2024
• Florida is home to the most cases of unprovoked shark attacks in not just the United States but the world.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
• The state accounted for five unprovoked attacks last year, the file says.
  — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2023
• Metro sources said the attack appeared to have been unprovoked.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
• Of those unprovoked bites, 41 occurred in the United States.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 July 2024
• Last year, Australia had the second-highest number of unprovoked shark bites in the world – with the U.S. being first.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
• Nor is there likely to be any change to Britain's support for Ukraine in its unprovoked war with Russia.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
• Last month, seven dogs mauled a 71-year-old man to death in an unprovoked attack in Texas, police said.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
• Ukraine and the West say Russia launched an unprovoked war of aggression.
  — Fox News, 8 May 2022
• In June, a A 66-year-old man was fatally mauled by a black bear in an unprovoked attack in Arizona.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2023
• At the same time in Georgia right now, there are three men who are on trial, charged with the unprovoked killing of a Black man, Ahmaud Arbery.
  — NBC News, 21 Nov. 2021
• Also on the rise are unprovoked attacks, with five occurring in a 10-day stint in May.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• Florida continues to see the most unprovoked bites out of any other state in the U.S.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2022
• In general, unprovoked shark bites have decreased over the past decade.
  — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 5 July 2023
• An unhinged man slashed three strangers in a string of unprovoked attacks that began on a Queens train, cops and police sources said.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
• San Diego police said the attack on Cao appeared to be random and unprovoked.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
• Most unprovoked shark bites are reported in the United States, where the shift in language began in earnest within the past 10 years.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2021
• Witnesses told the new station that the attack was unprovoked, and the suspect spit on the woman after pushing her out the door.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
• Ukraine and its allies say Russia launched an unprovoked war.
  — Reuters, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• Vladdy and the Putins are getting hit with more sanctions to punish them for their unprovoked attacks on Ukraine.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 18 Mar. 2022
• Kyiv and its Western allies say the invasion is an unprovoked land grab.
  — Reuters, CNN, 10 July 2022
• Authorities say the two men did not appear to know each other, and have called the shooting unprovoked.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• The family of a 36-year-old mother who was stabbed near Times Square in broad daylight is speaking out about the unprovoked attack.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 14 May 2024
• The white shark has the most unprovoked attacks of any other shark in the world, according to the Florida Museum.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2021
• The owners, who do not know each other, say loose, unprovoked pit bulls killed their family pets.
  — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Dec. 2021
• There were 16 cases of unprovoked shark bites in the state of Florida last year, the report said, with a nationwide total of 36 bites, including two fatalities.
  — Sydney Bishop, CNN, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024