How to Use unsold in a Sentence

unsold

adjective
  • Ribeyes or prime ribs that go unsold become stroganoff or chili.
    — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2018
  • The unsold cars are now piling up on the dealer lots.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Wegrzyn said the city will now decide what to do with the unsold lot.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Fresh meat that went unsold was smoked and sold to hungry customers.
    — Adrian Miller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • Unseen and unsold, his art fills more and more of their living space.
    — Lynn Ischay, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2019
  • In the short term, large amounts of crude remain unsold and in storage.
    — Stanley Reed, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
  • Auto dealers, stuck with lots full of unsold cars, did the same with car keys.
    — Paul Wiseman, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • As to the dozens of unsold units sitting empty just a few stories above him?
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The risk of overpriced and unsold tickets is borne by the seller.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Macy’s joins a growing list of stores stuck with a glut of unsold products.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The kingdom stored some oil in Egypt and was forced to let unsold crude sit in tankers along its coasts.
    — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2020
  • As home sales have slowed, the number of unsold homes on the market has been rising.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Today she can be found in a park trying to sell or even barter her store’s unsold garments.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Most brands produce too many goods, which leads to heavy discounting to clear unsold items.
    — WSJ, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Cruise lines slash prices around this time to fill unsold cabins once final payments are due.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
  • So whatever's unsold now can be held for a good while and not need to be sold at clearance prices.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Now, there are only the three unsold family homes left.
    — Alexandra Phelps updated May 29, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Video footage from the scene showed bodies strewn on the ground amid upturned tables and piles of unsold clothes.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The agency cited a growing backlog of new and unsold homes in those cities.
    — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Perhaps not, and the meal goes unsold and the economist goes hungry.
    — Matthew Zeitlin, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The merch tent was swarmed by fans before, during, and after her set, with not a single item left unsold.
    — Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
  • More than 50% had been sold, while half of the unsold examples had been relisted.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
  • And according to the report, there is still room for growth with 77% of clubs still unsold.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Maresh, sitting on tons of unsold prunes at the time, was more than amenable to Erath’s proposal.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • About a fourth of the seats remain unsold, which could pay for a month’s worth of expenses, Kesten said.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
  • There’s not a lot of unsold inventory in the market in terms of resales.
    — Erika Butler, The Aegis, 15 Sep. 2017
  • UConn decided to give all its unsold tickets away to fans who braved the weather.
    — USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Of course the cost of unsold bowl tickets is shared throughout the Big Ten and not strapped to one school.
    — Scott Dochterman, ajc, 27 Nov. 2017
  • On some occasions, many lower-bowl seats also went unsold.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • While the brands are clearing out unsold stock, customers attach the original price to the gift.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024

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