unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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Applying for jobs in an unfamiliar city where they may not have friends or family may be daunting for many new grads.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

In recent years, a number of gray whales have been spotted feeding in unfamiliar areas, including the heavily trafficked waters of San Francisco Bay.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The prosecutor and the trial judge were not unfamiliar names.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

Readers unfamiliar with 19th-century baseball will be misled while those familiar with early ball will be annoyed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Zhenya Timofeyeva, the deputy commander of the 587th, was out in the subzero wind clearing snow from the Pe-2s when she was called back to her new and unfamiliar headquarters to receive a transmitted message.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein