How to Use unresponsive in a Sentence

unresponsive

adjective
  • O’Keefe was found unresponsive in the front yard of the home at 6 a.m.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • The 2-year-old was unresponsive and the dad called 911, Brunenkant said.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 July 2024
  • The woman was unresponsive at the time and could not be revived.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
  • The woman was unresponsive, and she was declared dead at the scene.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The hiker, a 56-year-old woman, was found on the trail unresponsive.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • Firefighters pulled the unresponsive man from the home and performed CPR at the scene.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The meeting comes as Russia has been unresponsive to the U.S.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The victim was unresponsive and a Code Blue had been called earlier in the night around 8:30 p.m.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 5 May 2024
  • In the video an officer is seen dragging the man, who looks to be unresponsive.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The deputy dragged Serna — who appeared to be unresponsive — back inside her cell and left her on the floor.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
  • When briefly asked, James did not speak and appeared to be unresponsive.
    Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The man was found unresponsive and died at the scene, according to police.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Troopers rushed to the site and found the female driver unresponsive.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The same goes for devices that have gone missing or those that are unresponsive.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The two men who went to help looked in the vehicle and found Clayton unresponsive in the driver’s seat with her four children in the back seat.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024
  • Early on the morning of Sept. 28, he was found unresponsive in his cell and not breathing.
    Kelly Davis, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The caller told police a man was shot and unresponsive.
    Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2024
  • On May 30, Mohammed awoke to find Fayez limp and unresponsive.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • After 15 long minutes of CPR back at the shore, the unresponsive boy finally had a faint pulse.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Akim twice became unresponsive but fought hard to come back each time.
    Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Police and fire medics arrived at the store to find Jenkins unresponsive in the doorway.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • When Scholtes’ wife came home, the girl was found unresponsive and still in the car, which was no longer running and the air condition had turned off, police say.
    Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • Randy had been found unresponsive by his adult children in Chico.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 30 Sep. 2024
  • He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene, according to the sheriff.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Warwick, 60, put on a pair of gloves and gently collected the unresponsive bats one by one.
    Cathy Free, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
  • At 5:28, a dispatcher tells the commander that someone is unresponsive at the day care, and the commander says a boat is on the way.
    Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The deputies found the unresponsive inmate, pulled him outside of the cell and administered first aid.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
  • The first woman is walking and sits in the back of the truck; the other two people seem to be unresponsive, but their condition is unknown.
    CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The shooting victim, whose name was not released, was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The actor was found unresponsive and confirmed dead by paramedics around 11:30 a.m.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023

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