Example Sentences

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Calls and emails to the company have so far gone unreturned.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Toner-Rodgers didn’t return multiple calls and messages, and messages to his family members also went unreturned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., shared with reporters Wednesday that his calls to Musk have gone unanswered and unreturned.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

Emails sent to accounts listed for Kleibacker went unreturned on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

The special nook on the second floor beneath the fairy orb, all my unreturned library books scattered across the floor.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy