Example Sentences

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I thought it was a pandemic supply chain issue and waited a few months, but it remained unstocked.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022

Over the past few days, however, Walmart quickly unstocked its branded "Juneteenth" ice cream.

From Salon • May 24, 2022

I had gnawed into the unsatisfying books and into my own unstocked mind without finding a morsel of peace or understanding.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

There was nothing left but to send the wool raw to England; to smuggle it and cloths to France and Spain, or to leave the land unstocked.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

On a neighbouring island of the same group unstocked with goats, no change in the habits of the birds has taken place.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)