How to Use unborn in a Sentence

unborn

adjective
  • That still leaves open the matter of what to teach my unborn child.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • And this time, with an unborn child in the mix, the stakes were higher.
    — Lara Jo Hightower, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2021
  • The mother’s unborn child was killed as a result of the crash.
    — Liam Quinn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Both the woman and her unborn child were pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • God suffers with the unborn child being pulled from the womb.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Both Young and her unborn daughter were killed.
    — Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Both Young and her unborn daughter were killed.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Both Young and her unborn daughter were killed.
    — Travis Loller, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026
  • The pills killed her unborn twins, but did not expel their remains.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This is not just about a newspaper, this is your life and your unborn child.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • She was told the unborn baby died, the lawsuit said.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2025
  • One was an unborn boy named Armani who was about a month from his due date.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Her unborn child, who was seven or eight months along, also died.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Victor had to choose whether to save his wife’s life or his unborn daughter’s.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The woman in the car and her unborn child died at a hospital.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • He is now charged with the deaths of Birchmore and her unborn baby.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
  • So there’s room for my unborn grandchildren.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
  • Young's unborn child on Tuesday.
    — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Procedures to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child.
    — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Miles survived, but was expecting at the time and lost her unborn child.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Before, the realm where unborn souls prepare to come to Earth.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Only the last shot struck Thompson, killing both her and her unborn son.
    — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
  • One of them, after all, is her fiancé — the father of her unborn child.
    — John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Now, Love, Joe, and their unborn child have to move on in the wake of so much tragedy.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Trapped and in danger, Tegan must now fight to save herself and her unborn child.
    — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That's true for Chang, who thought about her 2-year-old daughter and her unborn son.
    — Meridith Edwards, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
  • So, for instance, the ballot language refers to an unborn child.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The mom who searched for her unborn child’s child’s name at a cemetery has revealed her search has come to an end.
    — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • Her unborn daughter did not survive.
    — CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Shadows flowed like stately swans, white telephones to the unborn & the dead.
    — L. S. Asekoff, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019

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