unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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Deported not to their homelands but to unfamiliar cities deep inside Mexico, thousands of migrants are stranded in a dangerous, bureaucratic limbo with little support and no clear path forward.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

During Alonso's tenure, Valverde at times struggled to cement a starting spot in his natural role, being deployed in unfamiliar positions such as right-back.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

For my own training, I give an AI tool a passage of something I’m trying to learn––a speech, a chapter, a set of unfamiliar names––and then I close the screen and try to recall it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Take another look at that unfamiliar form you mentioned.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

I encountered a repeat performance of unfamiliar fans cheering me on in front of the medieval, storybook-looking restaurant.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas