How to Use unto in a Sentence

unto

preposition
Definition of untonext
  • The Psalms are full of joyful noise, noise unto the Lord.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • At the end of the day, Israel is a country unto its own.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022
  • The first two years of this decade have felt like a decade unto themselves.
    — Frederick Tippett, Sunset Magazine, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Spotting celebs in the stands at the US Open is a sport unto itself.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Small is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, etc.
    — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
  • But the machinery of the state and the Olympics have conjured a city unto itself.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • And like that, a whole era in radio had come to an end, unto herself.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Every fall, like clockwork, a new iPhone is birthed unto the world.
    — Michael Calore, Wired, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Once more unto the breach, my friends—once more to talk about carbon pricing.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Images Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The grief essay is, or perhaps ought to be, a genre unto itself.
    — Susan Coll, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
  • Her walk, a kind of hip-swiveling saunter, is an art unto itself.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021
  • There were times when his demeanor was nigh unto being soft and timid, sweet even.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • Zooms in on the perfect ice-cream swirl of Harry’s hair—an art form unto itself.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2021
  • And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But seeing them up close and in action is a ride unto itself.
    — Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Yet unto the present, these idiosyncrasies have stretched the elastic bounds of taste.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • However, the good news is that finding your gigs doesn’t have to be a job unto itself.
    — Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 9 June 2021
  • Some are free, some are paid, and one is a streaming service unto itself.
    — Shubham Agarwal, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2021
  • By the late 1920s, movies about the gold rushes of Canada and Alaska were already a genre unto themselves.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Those old metal shows were a whole world unto themselves.
    — Steve Baltin, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • But off the court, woe be unto those of us trying to be hard-eyed, impartial reporters.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2022
  • Once more unto the breach for the U.S. House of Representatives.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Chicago is a region unto itself and is not on the warning list.
    — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • This gets us back to giving unto Caesar what is Caesar’s but in the end being led by the Spirit of God.
    — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 May 2021
  • The 12 tackles for loss were a statement unto themselves.
    — The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The books are usually set on some remote UK island, and a world unto their own.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Like so many streaming hits, the genre exercise resonated because its high-concept premise told a compelling story unto itself.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
  • While there is no denying that data has been one of the mega trends of the decade, the expertise needed to make sense of these multi-faceted, global reporting requirements is a specific skill set unto itself, and companies seem to know it.
    — Mary Foley, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

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