How to Use unsafe in a Sentence

unsafe

adjective
  • No one wants to feel unsafe on their train.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • That’s why their cities are so unsafe.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Kind of right now, the whole world is unsafe.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This was one of the most unsafe cities in the country.
    — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Garlic is unsafe for dogs to eat.
    — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The building that was struck was deemed unsafe for now.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • Don't use a stroller on unsafe terrain.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Why could the chicken nuggets be unsafe?
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Cyclists avoid lanes that feel unsafe.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Any other food items should be treated as unsafe to eat and thrown out.
    — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • Say he get got caught in a storm and worried that pressing on would be unsafe.
    — Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 3 June 2022
  • If people aren’t speaking up, ask what truths feel unsafe to say.
    — Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Putting the peptides on the unsafe list didn’t change much for compounders.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • No one should ever feel this way and no child should ever go to school and feel unsafe.
    — Sarah Ritter The Kansas City Star (tns), al, 21 July 2022
  • Love it or hate it, the deep freeze can be unsafe and, in some cases, deadly.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • More than a half dozen homes were deemed unsafe as nearby roads and sidewalks sagged.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Where do people feel safe — and unsafe — speaking up?
    — Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Claims tied to unsafe spaces are common, too.
    — Matt Emma, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Take the time to remove and discard the seeds, which, again, are unsafe to eat.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 28 May 2026
  • That’s also an unsafe method of thawing food.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Her home remains unsafe to return to.
    — Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • Getting up too soon on a plane is unsafe and can increase the danger.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • For many of us, the date stamped on a package feels like a hard line between what is safe and unsafe.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Martha Stewart, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Refuse to let anyone talk you into something that feels unsafe or wrong.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The walk back to their car felt extremely unsafe as an intense wind storm broke out.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • It has been used for people who would be unsafe if returned to their home countries.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
  • This is fine for vehicles, but unsafe for people on foot.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This can make the difference between a good and bad shot as well as a safe and unsafe shot.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Then again, neither is riding in the back of a truck bed, which can also be unsafe.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 25 Jan. 2023
  • This is so unsafe for the dog and other passengers.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025

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