How to Use unforced in a Sentence

unforced

adjective
  • But unforced errors would come back to haunt her.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Like, less unforced errors and try to make my serve more of a weapon.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • From open decks and tender boats, the viewing is close and unforced.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026
  • The Knicks coughed up the ball 13 times, sometimes unforced.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • And while brands are not perfect, these unforced errors are all avoidable.
    — Sonia Thompson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Bad offense, unforced turnovers, the ball sticking, trying to play one-on-one.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
  • That unforced error can be corrected, and should be.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • For Keys, the loss could be explained by a rare plethora of unforced errors.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Hawai’i scored in bunches, while unforced errors hurt Long Beach.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
  • Alcaraz only made nine unforced errors in his first-round win over Opelka.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • And then … Five straight empty possessions from three misses and two unforced turnovers.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Suspicion is a breeding ground for unforced errors.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
  • Gauff hit zero winners and compiled 11 unforced errors in the set.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Shelton, 23, had 27 unforced errors in the match.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • And when Kenna finally gets to be in the girl’s presence, the scene is moving in an unforced way.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Boone speaks for the record multiple times a day, eight months a year, and almost never commits an unforced error.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Djokovic hit 46 winners against 38 unforced errors and won 78% of his first-serve points.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Sabalenka broke Gauff in the first game of the third set, helped by a Gauff double fault and an unforced error.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Alas, a very rare unforced error on Hamilton’s part sent him into the barriers early in the race.
    — Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Think of it as a pre-meeting checklist for attention, nine ways to reduce unforced errors when work puts you under strain.
    — Adam Dietz, Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The two players combined for seventeen double faults and more than a hundred unforced errors.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Funnily enough, Alexis can’t tell you what those unforced, unrehearsed words were.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But Vacherot rallied in the second set to level the match before making just one unforced error in the third to take the win.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But turning that initial coffee or yoga class hang into an unforced, lasting friendship?
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Rybakina seemed to feel it, committing an unforced error on the first point, then missing her first serve on the second.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The other dozen arrived thanks to Anisimova’s six unforced errors and six forced errors.
    — Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Every detail feels deliberate yet easy and unforced.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Anisimova made 15 unforced errors in the first set against 13 winners.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Giving it away Detroit committed seven turnovers in the first quarter alone, most of them unforced errors.
    — John Niyo, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The story of the game for the Cardinals was the unforced errors, as the team was called for seven penalties in the fourth quarter alone.
    — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Nov. 2025

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