How to Use unopposed in a Sentence

unopposed

adjective
  • These guys don’t get to walk the streets unopposed in their robes anymore.
    — Natalie Allison, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Armstrong ran unopposed later that year to serve a full term for the precinct.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Gulati has run unopposed in each of the past three elections.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The other five were unopposed races.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is the fourth time Barrera has run unopposed, and this will be his fifth term on the board.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Silver ran unopposed for that two-year term and was elected to council.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The longtime sheriff just won his sixth term in office, his third unopposed race.
    — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Prier is running unopposed to retain her seat.
    — Nathan Pilling march 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Both ran unopposed for the full terms of their seats in Tuesday's election.
    — Samantha Swindler, OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Both women ran unopposed for their party's bid to the senate seat.
    — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • In the face of an unopposed request to toss out a case, judges generally do so.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • All three leaders ran unopposed.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the candidates were running unopposed in their races.
    — Collette Richards, CNN, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The three unopposed people who ran to lead the city also have ties to SpaceX.
    — ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
  • In Sheridan, John Hunt who was unopposed will join the board.
    — Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Four of the court's nine justices are up for reelection this year, and three are running unopposed.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 20 May 2024
  • Banks’ request to push back the trial date was unopposed, but her bid for more time to seek evidence was not.
    — Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In the third district race, as with the mayor's race, the incumbent is unopposed.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 20 July 2024
  • District 4 was an unopposed race.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As of last week, Weiers is no longer running unopposed in this year's mayoral election.
    — Jen Fifield, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Smart ran unopposed in the last election for a two-year term on the 11-member council.
    — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2020
  • This would be the third term for Finn, who also ran unopposed in 2018.
    — Wyatt Myskow, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The issue passed virtually unopposed, and seven out of the last eight zoo levies have passed.
    — Carl Weiser and Sam Rosenstiel, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2018
  • Moulton was first elected in 2014 and ran unopposed last year.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The rebels rode southward almost unopposed.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Three were unopposed and two others won new terms by receiving at least 68 percent of the vote.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Japan was virtually unopposed in the air, able to bomb Chinese cities at will.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • But the Reds sat on their hands, which meant the Brewers’ additions went unopposed.
    — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Cameron Davis is running unopposed for an unexpired term.
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Michael Finn and Denette Dunn are unopposed in their council districts.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022

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