How to Use unsold in a Sentence

unsold

adjective
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  • The bulk of it is due to the unsold stock of Yeezy footwear.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 5 May 2023
  • In the first round, only 8% of land parcels were unsold.
    — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The unsold portion of the potato crop was stored there.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • In the short term, large amounts of crude remain unsold and in storage.
    — Stanley Reed, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
  • 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
  • The risk of overpriced and unsold tickets is borne by the seller.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In 2017, the Sawhneys found themselves with two tons of unsold fruit.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The Pret Foundation also donates unsold food at the end of the day to those in need.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Auto dealers, stuck with lots full of unsold cars, did the same with car keys.
    — Paul Wiseman, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • And according to the report, there is still room for growth with 77% of clubs still unsold.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Unseen and unsold, his art fills more and more of their living space.
    — Lynn Ischay, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Video footage from the scene showed bodies strewn on the ground amid upturned tables and piles of unsold clothes.
    — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Ribeyes or prime ribs that go unsold become stroganoff or chili.
    — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Since then, the fate of $1.3 billion worth of the unsold Yeezys, a lucrative sneaker line launched with Ye, has been up in the air.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, oregonlive, 12 May 2023
  • 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 3,000 tickets remained unsold in the middle of the week, so the school made those available to students.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Perhaps not, and the meal goes unsold and the economist goes hungry.
    — Matthew Zeitlin, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Thirty-seven of the 52 homes remain unsold, one is in contract and one is due to close in March.
    — Jessica Dailey, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Macy’s joins a growing list of stores stuck with a glut of unsold products.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • More than 50% had been sold, while half of the unsold examples had been relisted.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The only unsold item was a Jacobean chair, the seat of the catalog seller.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • The longer vehicles remain unsold, the better the deals, Drury said.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • For some years, the school still had towering stacks of unsold yearbooks.
    — Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018
  • 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
  • The agency cited a growing backlog of new and unsold homes in those cities.
    — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • At one-point last week nearly 25% of the tickets for the Las Vegas Raiders game were unsold or up for resale.
    — Eric Fuller, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
  • While the brands are clearing out unsold stock, customers attach the original price to the gift.
    — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The Berlin Zoo feeds unsold Christmas trees to its residents of various species.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That’s not being helped by Brazilian producers, who are happy to hold on to unsold coffee while the price continues to skyrocket.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025

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