untaken

Example Sentences

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The future is unknowable and so is the path untaken.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Like “Tracks II” as a whole, “Twilight Hours” is about the road untaken, and it sounds both haunted and enriched by possibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

But, after they went untaken, Sinner struck what proved to be the decisive blow in game five to extinguish Shelton's hopes of an unlikely fightback.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

I don’t think you’re far from where you want to be — but the last step is big and as yet untaken.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

"Link by link, it grows longer. We should thank the gods that Ser Cortnay Penrose is as stubborn as he is. Stannis will never march north with Storm's End untaken in his rear."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin