How to Use unrecognizable in a Sentence

unrecognizable

adjective
  • The team on the field will be unrecognizable from years past.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The pop star looked unrecognizable with black hair and blunt bangs.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Now, for many, work is no more, and school is unrecognizable.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The meat was a bit grainy, and the apples were unrecognizable as such.
    — Kim Walker, Woman's Day, 5 Mar. 2012
  • The names of many others would be unrecognizable to even the most diehard cinephile.
    — Josh Rottenberg, latimes.com, 26 June 2018
  • My own body odor was unrecognizable, like a stranger had been wearing my clothes.
    — Taylore Glynn, Allure, 22 Sep. 2022
  • But two decades ago, the scene was unrecognizable.
    — Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The game is almost unrecognizable even when there is nothing to do but show off its best stars.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 July 2021
  • The pressure to fit in even as your body and brain are doing unrecognizable things.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Those who did found their homes unrecognizable.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The business has change in a way that is somewhat unrecognizable to me.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2019
  • By the time white dwarfs begin to pop off, the universe will be unrecognizable.
    — Dan Falk, National Geographic, 17 Aug. 2020
  • His handsome face is bruised and broken and a black that is unrecognizable.
    — Davon Loeb, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • As the waters fell, thick layers of mud mixed with refuse made streets unrecognizable.
    — Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Many of the tiny faces are blurry and oddly unrecognizable at best.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The pressure of the ice had crushed it into an unrecognizable shape.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • If your once-white dish towels have turned an unrecognizable color, pre-soak them overnight.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • If your once-white dish towels have turned an unrecognizable color, pre-soak them overnight.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The hint of bitterness in her voice was unrecognizable to her.
    — EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • If the strings are not tuned properly, the melodies will be unrecognizable.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This makes the exact pitch almost unrecognizable, and the result is a rather noisy sound.
    — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Perez was unrecognizable Monday in a dark business suit and his hair cropped close.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • More than half on the road -- a place where the Cavs have been strikingly unrecognizable.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Changed by the tides of history, the streets are unrecognizable.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Many streets in our Fruit and Nut section of town were unrecognizable.
    — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The group said Baltimore was in many ways unrecognizable to them now.
    — Shannon Lilly, Baltimore Sun, 25 Nov. 2024
  • And then she was beaten and bludgeoned to the point that her face was unrecognizable to her family and to her friends.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2022
  • All that remained was now a gray field of ash and twisted metal, almost unrecognizable even in form.
    — Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The planets and characters are for the most part new and unrecognizable.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 23 Nov. 2022
  • When Allen is off the floor, Cleveland is unrecognizable -- at both ends.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2022

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