How to Use unchecked in a Sentence

unchecked

adjective
  • The past year has shown us where unchecked rage leads.
    — Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • These spots can emerge in just a few weeks if left unchecked.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But if left unchecked, that could change for all the sports leagues.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • When left unchecked, dark data breeds risk.
    — Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This doesn’t mean its spending is unchecked.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But growth, unchecked, can become a trap.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Anunoby, left unchecked, crashed from the weak side.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • If left unchecked, the stems can girdle a small tree or shrub.
    — Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Since its start, the fire's progress has been pretty much unchecked.
    — Brian Blueskye, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2020
  • If left unchecked, this sticky residue can lead to black fungus and mildew.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Left unchecked, this is the type of crime that can drive people away from the city.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
  • The president sees the threat to his unchecked rule.
    — Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The dominance of the male gaze hasn’t gone unchecked.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Left unchecked, fear and cynicism fill the space.
    — Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Green groups warn climate change will go largely unchecked in the state.
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 June 2022
  • Carney isn’t afraid of leaving some items unchecked on her own list.
    — Sydney Page, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Left unchecked, that distance turns into blind spots.
    — Gregory Lipich, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Rates change; accounts go unchecked; little costs pile up.
    — Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The vines will climb trees and, if left unchecked, will kill the tree, thus harming our forests.
    — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2022
  • And yet, the project is proceeding unchecked.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Yellow sweet clover has wiry stems and grows 3-6 feet tall if left unchecked.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the scammers go on unchecked.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Left unchecked for the first time in years, my hormones were now free to run rampant.
    — Sarah Levy, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Left unchecked, each of these hornets could have flown off and started a colony of its own.
    — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2020
  • This will help keep it free from residue buildup, which can cause clogs in pipes and filters if left unchecked.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2023
  • This in turn is likely to contribute to unchecked spread of the virus.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2020
  • He is consumed with grievance, and the man is out for unchecked power.
    — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • There is no choice but to reclaim the unchecked power these platforms wield.
    — Noam Cohen, Wired, 31 July 2020
  • The problem is what happens when our emotions run unchecked.
    — Marc Brackett, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Iowans are fed up with rising costs and unchecked corruption.
    — Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

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