How to Use unfriend in a Sentence

unfriend

verb
  • Tired of punching at the sky, yelling at the television and unfriending folks from high school because of politics?
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 17 May 2017
  • My cousin is quite right wing and has been particularly rude and insulting (to the point of unfriending on social media).
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2019
  • My cousin is quite right-wing and has been particularly rude and insulting (to the point of unfriending on social media).
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • There are many completely valid reasons to unfollow, unfriend or block someone across social media platforms.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
  • There are many completely valid reasons to unfollow, unfriend, or block someone across social media platforms.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2020
  • While some people choose to take a social media hiatus and delete apps, others might just unfriend people who have different political views.
    — USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Get our daily newsletter Even Facebook’s allies have unfriended it.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Typically, the advice is to cease all communications, delete her contact details, unfriend her on Facebook, and not mention her name.
    — Esther Perel, Redbook, 20 Oct. 2017
  • There’s the liberal father who unfriended his own son, an NRA supporter, on Facebook.
    — Emily Esfahani Smith, National Review, 25 July 2019
  • Social media feeds are powerful echo chambers, with partisans for each candidate unfriending or trolling their opposites in steadily more strident terms.
    — Nicholas Confessore and Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2016
  • When Laura unfriends Marina online, the latter commits suicide and films the act, sharing it on the Internet as a live stream.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Mishra’s decision to unfriend Mark Zuckerberg solidified on Thursday evening.
    — Ashwin Rodrigues, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Instead of unfriending people on Facebook who share different political views, comment!
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 13 July 2018
  • Additionally, Facebook launched a feature called Snooze, which will allow users the option to hide a user, page or group for 30 days without actually having to unfollow or unfriend.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • But when Marina becomes overly possessive, Laura reluctantly unfriends her, and Marina kills herself.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 22 Sep. 2017

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