How to Use unasked in a Sentence

unasked

adjective
  • He felt that there were many unasked questions after his demonstration.
  • And left unasked was what to do about the state’s fiscal crisis.
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Then strangely all the other guys showed up with beards, too, unasked for.
    — Margy Rochlin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2017
  • But where and when and by whom were questions that were left unasked and unanswered.
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022
  • In that moment my brain quickly scrambles to come up with a retort to the unasked question.
    — Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
  • These questions are left unasked in favor of broad, ponderous statements about good versus evil.
    — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Winfrey’s interview was far from tough journalism — some key questions went unasked.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The staff then made this and much more happen—unasked, because here is another way luxury differs from wealth.
    — Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
  • Every unasked question, every idea left unspoken, every risk avoided—those are all missed chances for growth.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Merril Hoge, survivor of cancer of the lymph nodes, flew to Houston to be with Mortensen—unasked.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Visitors can't even approach the truck without crossing the base perimeter, so your questions will remain unasked.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2018
  • And Toni Cade Bambara, or someone else, might show up at her house with groceries, unasked, and cook dinner.
    — Eula Biss, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2020
  • His reverence for text induced Tennessee Williams, among others, to send him their plays unasked.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • People are reluctant to offer unasked help because people can get offended.
    — Angela Chen, The Verge, 22 June 2018
  • Unfortunately, these questions have been left largely unasked.
    — Takashi Yokota, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2012
  • The question went unanswered, or more precisely, unasked, during the recent homestand.
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Previous iterations of the program have struggled to follow instructions and often make unasked-for changes.
    — Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The question that remains unasked is how toys can invite children into the political discussion instead of merely targeting them.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The media in New England has been beaten down for so long, blown up by a single sneer from Belichick, that news conferences often come and go with important questions unasked.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Worse, in exchange for unprecedented access, the Isaacson Accord demands that a lot of the most difficult and pressing questions go unasked and, therefore, unanswered.
    — Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Keeping your baby's name a secret will prevent those awkward conversations about the name’s meaning and cut down on opportunities for friends and family members to butt in with their own—unasked for—name suggestions.
    — Casey Clark, Parents, 23 July 2024
  • The new Star Wars films feel desperate to explain away those mysteries, providing answers to unasked questions and connecting characters who don’t need to be connected.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2019
  • What often goes unasked is whether the remaining employees have the biological capacity to handle more work—not because of skill gaps, but due to insufficient capacity.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • In Seattle, for example, a hysterical effort inspired by the lab resulted in a report called Losing Home, a document built on a tissue of assumption and unasked questions.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • Chief among them is the ability to embed interactive widgets on your home screens – which iPadOS 15 rudely introduces by scattering some around unasked, disrupting existing arrangements of apps.
    — Rob Pegoraro, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2021

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