How to Use unborn in a Sentence

unborn

adjective
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  • The free world has seen the science of the unborn child.
    — NBC News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • And this time, with an unborn child in the mix, the stakes were higher.
    — Lara Jo Hightower, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2021
  • That still leaves open the matter of what to teach my unborn child.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Why did the embalmers not do the same with the unborn baby?
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2021
  • The mother’s unborn child was killed as a result of the crash.
    — Liam Quinn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Friends and family cheer at the sight of an unborn child.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Her body and unborn child’s remains have yet to be found.
    — Natalie Wilson and Derrica Wilson, Essence, 30 Oct. 2024
  • That has changed in the days since a family lost two loved ones and an unborn child.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Ronchi was, in fact, the father of Galperina’s unborn child, the court said.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Balderrama said the deaths, Logan and her unborn child, marked the 57th and 58th murders in the city.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The woman in the car and her unborn child died at a hospital.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The crash killed the co-pilot: her husband, Gus, the father of their unborn child.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
  • That's true for Chang, who thought about her 2-year-old daughter and her unborn son.
    — Meridith Edwards, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
  • One was an unborn boy named Armani who was about a month from his due date.
    — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Only the last shot struck Thompson, killing both her and her unborn son.
    — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
  • One of them, after all, is her fiancé — the father of her unborn child.
    — John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Protecting our livelihood, guns and the unborn from the left.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Victor had to choose whether to save his wife’s life or his unborn daughter’s.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Ryan; her boyfriend, Reynold Lester; her one-year-old son, Alonzo; and her unborn child were all killed.
    — Jordan McGillis, National Review, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The mom who searched for her unborn child’s child’s name at a cemetery has revealed her search has come to an end.
    — Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • The woman and her unborn child died as a result of the shooting, police said.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The chorus may at times be the ancestors, or the future, the as-yet unborn, watching us.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The pills killed her unborn twins, but did not expel their remains.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 Sep. 2024
  • But some savvy fans think that the singer just revealed the unannounced name of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' unborn fourth child.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Safe haven laws didn’t save them or their unborn babies.
    — Caroline Orr Bueno, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Some of the most damning evidence is where Laci and her unborn child were found.
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 1 May 2021
  • So, for instance, the ballot language refers to an unborn child.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • As such, the unborn child should be welcomed in life and protected by law.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Polley’s conceit is that Autje is telling the story of the meeting to the unborn child of Ona, played by Rooney Mara.
    — Esther Zuckerman, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
  • In any case, a Maryland law enforcement official seems to acknowledge this unborn child was a life with rights that deserve protection.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025

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