How to Use unknown to in a Sentence

unknown to

idiom
Definition of unknown tonext
  • There's just too much unknown to put him in the top five right now.
    — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
  • Two of the fossils appeared to be unknown to the fossil record.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • But Mandy had died on the same day that Spencer, then unknown to the family, was born.
    — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But — unknown to much of the public — there’s a price for those vaunted sidewalk stars.
    — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • Her opinion could turn a book from an unknown to a bestseller, and vice versa.
    — Nell McShane Wulfhart, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The other victims, a 31-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, were unknown to Christian, who was out with friends at the time.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 24 June 2023
  • And if their existence was unknown to us 30 years ago, what else could be hiding in these hills?
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Officers learned the child was in the apartment of a man unknown to the family, the release stated.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The fair just outside Milwaukee will showcase 104 food items unknown to its grounds just a year ago.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • Kaur is largely unknown to the public and not at all known to her competition.
    — María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Despite such dominance, the team is still largely unknown to many.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 11 July 2024
  • Newsom, who has tried for the last year to promote himself as a national figure, was unknown to 29%.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
  • But in fact, Iran was building a secret enrichment plant, unknown to IC in 2007, at Fordow.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 17 July 2023
  • But, unknown to them, outside their peaceful world chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat.
    — Charna Flam, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Two of those three survivors were later executed; the fate of the third person, a girl who Choi encountered among the dead, is unknown to him for decades.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Her opponent, meanwhile, is still unknown to a lot of voters, and more disliked than liked by those who have an opinion.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • In this case—previously unknown to astronomers—the source of these spectacular jets is not one but two stars, which can be seen on the right-hand side of the image.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2023
  • An endangered runaway is a child under 18 who is known to have gone missing on their own but whose whereabouts are unknown to their guardian.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • But Eastman was an outsider, a Black gay composer at a time when such a figure was unknown to the world of composition.
    — David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • However, since charges had been filed in court as a separate case, apart from the main murder case, Jones and Evans remained largely unknown to the public.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In the wake of the bombing, investigators had no idea how long the explosives had been in the hotel or who, among the many I.R.A. members known and unknown to them, had planted them there.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But Assam, like the other states of the northeast, remained largely unknown to me beyond the textbook lessons on its tea, oil fields, and silk production.
    — Diya Kohli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2023
  • When methadone shows up, and its biggest proponents were white people who were unknown to any of the civil rights leaders in the community.
    — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Many of the levees that crisscross the state are aging, privately maintained and something of an unknown to officials.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • These debates have been growing and growing in volume and awareness, but none of that is secret or unknown to almost anybody.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Bidunga’s rise, from complete unknown to a top-five national prospect, is almost unheard of.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Some people who showed up brought uninvited guests with them who were unknown to others, the witness told police.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
  • The buyer of the Arizona deer tag, which allows deer hunting for a full calendar year, was unknown to most Expo insiders.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Probably not, as this category is still unknown to most whiskey drinkers.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The ideal American small town to retire in is probably unknown to most people.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'unknown to.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: