How to Use unearth in a Sentence

unearth

verb
  • An old document was unearthed from the files.
  • They unearthed evidence that he had accepted bribes.
  • That would be a fun one to unearth.
    — EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • All of this is about to be unearthed again.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Read on to unearth and shop the lust-worthy items at the top of her list.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 19 July 2023
  • The team has unearthed and mapped at least 300 tombs to date.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • This set comes with a dig-out fossils and tools that can be used to unearth it.
    — Good Housekeeping, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The ancient coins were unearthed on the third day of Hanukkah.
    — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
  • What starts as a search for closure soon unearths deeper wounds.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Thomas dug some more and unearthed a second ear and gave it to one of the women.
    — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • This is not the first ancient gravesite that has been unearthed with eggs inside.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Get Dunleavy — who crushed last year’s draft — a chance to unearth one.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • Knowing all these things will lead you to unearth what is sure to be the perfect present.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The whole thing felt just kind of like this artifact that had been unearthed from the past.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But years of storms have eroded the island's shores, unearthing graves.
    — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Knowing all of these things is what will lead you to unearth what is sure to be the perfect present.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The findings unearth a trove of questions.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Fox has just unearthed more killer memories.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Vicky has since posted follow-up videos showing more of the car unearthed.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • They’re unearthed from the parking-lot pathway.
    — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The swords may never have been pulled out of their leather scabbards since being unearthed.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 22 May 2018
  • Thanks to King, who has been unearthing stories like this one for nearly three decades.
    — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 21 May 2018
  • That echoes documents which people have unearthed in the past.
    — The Economist, 19 May 2018
  • There's a good amount of postgame content, so unearthing everything takes a fair bit longer.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026
  • The layers at the tip of his tusk had strontium levels that matched the site where he had been unearthed.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Hagen, while going through some old trunks, unearthed a bulky package.
    — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
  • Ms Otele is leading a project to unearth how the proceeds of the trade were spent in the city.
    — The Economist, 13 June 2020
  • Bastien and others worked on weekends and even through some light rain to unearth about 60 bones.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 16 July 2019
  • Mining the past to unearth fables for the present can be the lazy filmmaker’s way out.
    — Hau Chu, Twin Cities, 27 June 2019
  • Rachel McAdams is not a secret waiting to be unearthed.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026

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