Example Sentences

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Instead of plotting his own course, he feels like a bit player in “an unchosen life.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

Of course, as Laura resigns herself to engaging with her unchosen train mate, Ljoha’s veneer of off-putting toughness falls.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Game of Thrones used to love its nobler contenders, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that Daenerys—that sometime Chosen One—has been unchosen.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2019

The ancient roots of the word mean unchosen.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2018

On October 25, 1890, the site for the fair still unchosen, worrisome news arrived from Europe, the first hint of forces gathering that could do infinitely more damage to the fair than the directors’ stalemate.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson