How to Use unnamed in a Sentence

unnamed

adjective
  • Both the king and queen made friends with an unnamed lamb.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • He who shall not be named remains … unnamed.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • That an unnamed new drug can bring patients back from the dead.
    — Jon Christian, Futurism, 13 May 2026
  • The unnamed black and white cat isn’t alone in his struggle with weight.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The trail appears to be unnamed.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • What about the unnamed consignors for other top lots in the sales?
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 May 2026
  • The short trailer zoomed over the unnamed region where the games take place.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Among them was one civilian victim, still unnamed.
    — Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
  • His daughter is unnamed in the lawsuit.
    — Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • They are rarely asked to leave, an unnamed photo agency source told the paper.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The new, as-yet-unnamed baby girl is the first daughter for the couple.
    — The Editors, Marie Claire, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Citing unnamed sources, Reuters said that roughly a dozen mines have been added.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • For starters, the Neagley spin-off (which is so far unnamed) opens the door for more spinoff shows.
    — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The unnamed child slips by unnoticed.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That same spring, Fe mated with an unnamed male and hatched her 40th chick.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The lawsuit was brought by the student’s parent, who is unnamed.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The level of wealth maintained by unnamed oil tycoons is more than most of us can even fathom.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The camp sits on an immense andassy meadow ringed by an unnamed forest.
    — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The unnamed hero then spends the rest of the song trying to convince Mary to bolt the sleepy town with him.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The unnamed bystander then stepped in to defend the injured man, police said.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Handler didn't mention the unnamed man in her photos in her caption.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The couple won’t make public their plans, so the gossip sites have relied on unnamed sources.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Checkers talk to virtually all sources in a piece, named and unnamed.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Details on the new, still-unnamed Chez Panisse restaurant are slim.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Trump said, crediting unnamed others with the phrase.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
  • That means, additional, still-unnamed alums will crash the party at some point for a chance to find love.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
  • While the dog is unnamed in the show, Kennedy said Poppy is the furry star’s name.
    — Brayden Garcia january 26, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
  • While the dog is unnamed in the show, Kennedy said Poppy is the furry star’s name.
    — Brayden Garcia january 18, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Jan. 2026
  • To make matters worse, the woman—who remained unnamed—was a close friend of King’s.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 27 May 2026
  • For the unnamed woman looking back on her childhood, poverty is part of the climate.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022

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