Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But it’s interesting that so many members — more than 20, or nearly half the committee — took time off the campaign trail, leaving all those babies unkissed for now, all that the money unraised.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2012

April was boredom and heartbreak, sports unplayed and sweethearts unkissed.

From Washington Post

His beard was dank, red, hedged, jowl and cheek; clammy were his hands; unkissed, unblessed, looked this great author.

From Time Magazine Archive

It’s all a little cliché for my tastes—the words on the phone, the silly smile I can’t get rid of—but so is being seventeen and unkissed.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

He stood stiff and motionless, and the hand of the queen remained in expectancy, unclasped and unkissed, suspended in the air.

From Tales from the German. Volume I. Arwed Gyllenstierna by Velde, C. F. van der (Carl Franz)