How to Use unworn in a Sentence

unworn

adjective
  • Condition is about whether a piece is unworn or close to it.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • Or one full of unworn clothes may signal a need to shop to feel better.
    — Essence, 2 June 2022
  • Watch this video to see how to sustainably get rid of your unworn clothes.
    — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Chances are the piece will go unworn because it was purchased for the wrong reason.
    — Nausheen Shah, Marie Claire, 16 Dec. 2013
  • Jane pulled out two identical white dresses with pearls and tulle, unworn.
    — Rozina Ali, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Homes were abandoned, chairs left empty and clothes unworn, even the buttons of a shirt were lost.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2021
  • To compensate, many of us end up buying more bras—and often, those go unworn.
    — Charlotte Owen, Vogue, 1 July 2022
  • And some players, such as Nick Jensen, would much rather not let those suits sit at home unworn.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Items must be unworn and unwashed, and have the original tags attached.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 Dec. 2017
  • For sellers, that means more buyers and stronger prices for pieces that would otherwise sit unworn.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Inside was a Bible, a blanket, a saddle and a pair of unworn Levi’s jeans.
    — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 4 Apr. 2017
  • And boxes of unworn uniforms have been sent to the dry cleaners to see if they can be salvaged from the smoke that engulfed them.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The unworn onesies are just a small piece of the brighter future Young saw her granddaughter striving for.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The detailed images showed that the hatchling’s teeth were completely unworn.
    — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The same month, Hayes and Namie gave away Alex’s now too-small baby clothing, much of it unworn.
    — Stephanie Clifford, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • There probably isn't a fuchsia gown sitting in a storage unit somewhere, unworn.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 July 2023
  • How many unworn jerseys are hanging in your closet because your favorite player isn't with the team anymore?
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 4 May 2018
  • So if there's an unworn piece in her jewelry box, this is the ultimate gift for breathing new romantic life into it.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Jan. 2023
  • StockX deals only in deadstock—that is, shoes that are unworn, in new condition, and authentic.
    — Marc Bain, Quartz, 14 May 2021
  • StockX only sells authentic sneakers that are unworn and in their original box.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
  • Now that the review is done, though, he's getting rid of a wide array of (unworn) high-end Specialized mountain biking gear that came along with it.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Every unworn item hanging in your closet creates mental clutter — a tiny to-do list your brain processes every morning.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026
  • This typically means that the protective gusset sticker is still in place, tags are still intact, and the garment appears unworn.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • This watch was sold by the original owner in 2007 and the new owner says the watch has remained completely unworn since.
    — Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • In a few cases, shop owners required buyers to wear the shoes out of the store, a move that damaged their resale potential since most of the resale sites sell unworn sneakers.
    — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 26 June 2019
  • Then again, these might be the kind of sneakers that a few years from now people look back on as grails, and with a microscopic number of unworn pairs on the market, the price will only go up.
    — Jake Woolf, GQ, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Zappos offers a full refund within 365 days of purchase as long as items are unworn and in their original packaging.
    — Lisa Niver, Wired, 18 Dec. 2021
  • The shoes, a vital part of Nike’s history, have all but disappeared, and this is the only unworn pair known to exist, Sotheby’s says.
    — Marc Bain, Quartzy, 11 July 2019
  • Give yourself plenty of time at the airport, and keep the unworn items separate and ready to show during the VAT refund process.
    — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And the suitcases and the unworn suit all feed into the theme of solitude and abandonment (though, spoiler alert, one element delightfully falls victim to an axe).
    — Kate McGregor, ELLE Decor, 18 Mar. 2021

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