Example sentences for: un-

How can you use “un-” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Here I should explain that there is a fairly recent new tendency to give Spanish-surnamed babies jarringly un-Spanish first names, which results in such oddities as Loyd Martinez or Priscilla Chavez.

  • What if the bourgeoisie, whom the bohemians are supposed to épater , seems un- épater -able?

  • She was unconventional, too: She played with un-English emotional abandon, married a Jew (Daniel Barenboim, the pianist and conductor), and experimented with drugs.

  • But it's painful to be living a life which both political spectrums deem as virtually un-American.

  • It was Kennedy and Johnson that got us there, and here was Mr. House Un-American Activities getting to leave his name on the moon after just six months in office.


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