Example Sentences

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Cold cases like Rogers’ slaying often go unworked for decades because they aren’t the focus of anyone’s job.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2021

He isn’t even much of a draftsman; his drawings are mostly unworked aids for larger compositions.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2018

He carves lengths of twisting driftwood into sinuous humans or animals, painting the bulk of the figure but leaving the bottom raw and unworked.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017

Celtic's organisation and stout defending meant the goalkeeper was largely unworked until having to pick Guarin's shot out of the net, the moment the tie was sealed.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2015

The flints are found to have the same colour and surface characteristics as the unworked nodules among which they lie, and are generally rolled and abraded in the same way.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various