How to Use unrewarded in a Sentence

unrewarded

adjective
  • Your journey may not look the same as someone else’s, but hard work does not go unrewarded.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2020
  • Much of his work, of course, has gone unrewarded, mostly because of poor offense.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2018
  • The work of the lucky few chosen to participate won’t go unrewarded. They’ll be given a free trip to a Disney destination for themselves and up to three family members and/or park tickets, according to the Disney Parks Moms website.
    — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Congress approved a measure to ensure that their labors didn’t go unrewarded.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 21 Aug. 2017
  • His legion of fans will likely accept this as a consolation for his many unrewarded films in past years.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Kempf’s good deed did not go unrewarded; as a token of gratitude, the man who lost his phone bought him the video of the memorable roller coaster ride.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 5 Sep. 2019
  • His influence on Sunday’s matchup didn’t go unrewarded though.
    — Andy Yamashita, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The absence of master poacher Robert Lewandowski was felt as a come-and-get-me ball across the face of the goal went unrewarded.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • If women are bogged down with many extra hours of unrewarded work, their advancement and salaries stall, and they are left disillusioned—and at risk for leaving.
    — Linda Babcock, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • John Legend is definitely a man of many talents, and his skills haven't gone unnoticed—or unrewarded.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 18 Mar. 2019
  • There is nothing more demoralizing to a team working on a difficult project than to see good work go unnoticed or unrewarded.
    — Dave Hart, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • But his excellence on the ice went unrewarded by team achievement during his 11 seasons as a player compared to his four years in the front office.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • In this capacity his age would become a boon, a testament to his long and often unrewarded dedication to a broader cause.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 19 June 2017
  • But the Frenchman’s efforts on open stretches of road exposed to wind were left unrewarded and he was ultimately swallowed up as the final sprint took shape.
    — John Leicester, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2019
  • Fans hopeful for new material left unrewarded.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2025
  • When companies lack a strong culture, employees can start feeling taken for granted, unrewarded and fearful.
    — Dana Kellerman, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • South American fans traveled to Russia in great numbers but their journeys largely went unrewarded.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 7 July 2018
  • And one’s looking, despite those inventive prototypes, is too often unrewarded.
    — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Hedgehogs showed a different pattern of interactions with unrewarded nesting bird odors.
    — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • As long as your work furthers the mission, no failure in behavior, no error in reporting or editing, no corruption of the truth or the evidence will go unrewarded.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 14 June 2021
  • Could this be because cast points were awarded to actors whose names resonated in 2018, while stars of Januaries past went unrewarded?
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Could this be because cast points were awarded to actors whose names resonated in 2018, while stars of Januaries past went unrewarded?
    — Vulture, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Surveys suggest that the problem of getting promotable work assignments rather than unrewarded ones is particularly severe for women of color.
    — Linda Babcock, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • In the long years of Nazi assault and occupation, resistance was often a lonely and certainly unrewarded vocation.
    — Sonia Purnell, Twin Cities, 6 June 2019
  • The Bills’ faith in a pair of rookies goes unrewarded, Josh Allen falls back to earth, and aging acquisitions fail to make a difference for an ineffective pass rush.
    — Brett Knight, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Moreover, the governor’s unabashed enthusiasm for Uber’s self-driving program didn’t go unrewarded.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Mar. 2018
  • In practice, overtime frequently goes unrewarded, according to workers in their 20s and 30s who spoke to The Post.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • But admirers of the director’s high-intensity, muscular filmmaking will not go unrewarded.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, high performers feel invisible, unrewarded, and powerless to steer their own career trajectory.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
  • However, this critical work is largely going unrecognized and unrewarded.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 4 Oct. 2021

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