Improve your vocabulary by Quiz

Use unsolicited in a sentence

Definition of unsolicited:

  • (adjective) not asked for; "unsolicited junk mail"

Sentence Examples:

Nineteen percent of the questionnaires returned contained unsolicited comments of one kind or another.

About that period his Royal Highness began to receive unsolicited advice from another quarter.

Had we violated any statute of their municipality in sailing unsolicited above their palace walls?

I voiced no unsolicited opinions, utilizing silence as a manner of maintaining peace in my world.

We get quite a few unsolicited manuscripts, but most of them, unfortunately, are not usable.

They are so surprised at receiving unsolicited charity that they forget to offer any thanks.

The outside contributor sends unsolicited paragraphs and articles to papers, on the chance of acceptance.

Whenever anybody gave that child a piece of unsolicited information he almost invariably replied, "I know."

Tell me nothing now; I shall value much more the privilege of receiving your confidence unsolicited.

I am not conscious of having said or done anything that calls for that unsolicited attention.

"Yes," replied Cameron, "he gave a hundred dollars unsolicited, and promised more if it were needed."

Excuse, General, the liberty I have taken in expressing my views thus freely and unsolicited.

To the widows of the three lost pilots Forrest, unsolicited, sent one thousand dollars each.

The unsolicited gifts must have been manifold compared with those she gave in response to appeals.

The 'bass,' with a feeling of gratitude, voted that they should give a parting air unsolicited.

Her character is so described, as to imply that hers were free, and often unsolicited charities.

Don't gasp when I tell you that, quite unsolicited, I got a rise of half-a-crown last week.

Marguerite Verne would as soon think of cutting her right hand off as to write me unsolicited.

A smile curled round Paul's lips at the comic idea of giving his mother unsolicited information.

Do you realize now that I have a right to be angry with your needless and unsolicited questions?

He had vowed to wait until she made some comment unsolicited, but he could not restrain himself.

Bettie Locke was free in giving both unsolicited advice and criticism, as witness the following true story.

This proposal I accepted gratefully, and the more so that it was quite unsolicited on my part.

None of them looked particularly self-conscious, yet one of them had sent him this quite unsolicited tribute.

On the fourth day, however, while calling upon the Misses Forbes, she got an unsolicited recruit.

Some unsolicited approval: Hers was a notable administration, and brought to the organization a prestige which remains.

When the plan for a new building was made known money came in unsolicited from various sources.

Punch by one of the many offers of unsolicited "outside" contributions which have always been severely discouraged.

My commission was conferred unsolicited, and received with pleasure only as a means of serving my country.

We all make the mistake of searching for our drama, forgetting that it arrives sooner or later, unsolicited.

Ultimately he was elected a member of the Royal Academy, an honor all the more valued because unsolicited.

I was at a loss therefore to understand why the unsolicited discrimination in my favor had been made.

This is taken once a fortnight, the condition being that it must be unsolicited and a straight gift.

His coming, although unsolicited by the king and without leave asked, was nevertheless not altogether unexpected.

All in all, the unsolicited assistance of theorists didn't help us a bit, I told the panel members.

By those whose unsolicited act it had been to return him and to put him into this position!

The work of composition was aided by Joe Hart, who, at intervals, offered many unique and unsolicited suggestions.

His unsolicited assistance was looked upon as a crime by the teacher, who punished him for it repeatedly.

If I do not mistake, he gave, unsolicited, a sum to our building fund, which my Father afterwards returned.

And in the feeble light of that blue flame, my fellow man becomes a vague shape, threatening unsolicited civilities.

There is nothing so offensive to patrons of a free institution as to have unsolicited opinions and advice offered by employees.

Lady Hilda put in a stroke or two more to her pencil outline, and then continued her unsolicited confidences.

It was, next, to an unsolicited contribution that I owed a connection of many years with a certain monthly magazine.

He has been their unsolicited champion when they badly needed one, and his record will bear the minutest inspection.

You are thrilled by a mighty energy, uncontrolled by you, unsolicited by you: its higher vitality is poured into your soul.

After many unsuccessful attempts to induce this unsolicited force to withdraw, my attention was politely called to another quarter.

He then, unsolicited, gave a full account of the whole transaction, and acknowledged who were with him at the time.

These natives, when the seine was hauled, showed their delight by gathering round and giving their assistance unsolicited.

That he should have been inclined, unsolicited, to limit his own power, is more than can ordinarily be expected of monarchs.

Not only do we find our lives as unsolicited active powers, but find, as well, an arena prescribed for their exercise.

He was the recipient of four slices of bread and a portion of a cup of water, all unsolicited and unexpected.

Therefore, if your unsolicited contribution takes the form of an outer, it must be counted, to the exclusion, possibly, of a bull.

The crowd was becoming inconvenient and had even begun to offer unsolicited hints as to the proper management of mules.

This letter is but one expression among many, of the good will that comes to us as unsolicited testimony to our work.

The natural plea of shaken health excused him to his constituents, many of whom favored him with their unsolicited correspondence.

Had the letter been unsolicited, she could have used it like the former one; but it was the answer to an appeal.

His large gifts have been entirely unsolicited; they have been made simply because he himself thought that they ought to be made.

As a matter of fact, in the majority of newspaper and magazine offices all unsolicited manuscripts are considered strictly on their merits.

It would take too much time and money for an editorial staff to write personal letters to all who offer unsolicited manuscript.

The Daily Mail does not ask itself on receiving an unsolicited contribution: "Is it our custom to publish things of this kind"?

When I took leave of him that night, I remember, I all but broke down at the thought of his unsolicited generosity.

He did not know that his unsolicited confidence had given the American a hint upon which he would be quick to act.

These destructive influences come, for the most part, entirely unsolicited, in response to a normal desire for knowledge and clean entertainment.

Some even send in to the newspapers unsolicited descriptions of their entertainments with lists of guests, to the amusement of the editorial office.

Imagine, then, my joy when there arrived recently, unsolicited and in trust, a shipment from my little old lady of Lorraine.

Fanny had told her in an unsolicited confession that young men did that when they wanted to be familiar with a girl.

The interview being unsolicited, on my part, he could have no idea of my suspicion and might therefore be led to talk freely.

Then she volunteered the entirely unsolicited statement that it was likely her little boy companion had been lost in the snow.

For a long period he did not call upon me again, and for my part, I felt no courage to return his unsolicited visit.

Morrison had been a good customer, and he saw no reason why he should give unsolicited evidence which would cost a man his life.

What calculations, so that the present of money which the good father had, all unsolicited, made to each daughter might not be exceeded.

It is remarkable that he met with unsolicited aid from many friends; for every one who knew him became interested in his welfare.

I'm sick of these economists that hedge me round with unsolicited safeguards and try to defend me against myself and my family.

I have no words to express my feelings for your unsolicited gift and your kind offer to serve me in any way in your power.

They had been invited and cherished, till, like familiar friends, they came unsolicited; and, like friends, too, their visits were most frequent in adversity.

The President's commissioners brought the official pardon, unsolicited, for all acts committed by the "Mormons" in opposing the entrance of the army.

She was quite as apt to ask the advice of George or Amy as one of her friends, and in consequence they often offered it unsolicited.

I accepted it, sir, the more readily, because it was entirely unsolicited by me, and seemed to be the spontaneous offering of your own heart.

An offer, unsolicited, had been made to them of that which they stood so much in need of, and which would relieve them from embarrassment.

He had a future; he was often told so in public and in private, though it is fair to add that he would have believed it unsolicited.

A horse's head, a coil of rope, an anchor, are, for example, ideas which have come to me unsolicited whilst I have been writing these latter lines.

Soldiers granted credit will be distinctly informed that they must make prompt and unsolicited payment to the exchange officer on next pay day.

By unanimous voice, unsolicited by him, we gave the mountain a name that through coming years shall bear onward the memory of our gallant, generous leader.

Leslie Stephen (blessed man) who came unsolicited with the utmost civility in the world and invited me to dine with him the next day.

I am aware that this letter and the nature of its contents is unsolicited, but it is and has been in my heart to say it.

If it is really necessary to have one and the friend to be requested knows that you need it, he will probably give you the letter unsolicited.

Is it for nothing that, wholly unsolicited, he has placed his life at my disposal, and in doing so has devoted himself to a great cause?

Since this chapter was written and in type, there came into the possession of the author a letter, unsolicited, and relating to the possible motive.

Roland, whose quiet and hidden ambition had been feeding upon its success, smiled nervously at the power which, thus unsolicited, was passing into his hands.

I said nothing about this change, and he was too good a beggar to give unsolicited information, which would look too much like boasting of his own exploits.

She knew right well, for she had often enough experienced it, that a man sets little value on unsolicited help; yes, even frequently refuses it.

She felt that, even to him, some justification of her precipitate and unsolicited flight was necessary; and nothing but Sir Patrick's attempt could justify it.

It was unexpected on my part, unsolicited; but you did do it, and you caused me to leave the army in consequence, to give up my fair prospects in life.

More than once, through their unsolicited kindness, our approach to a stopping place was announced by the wire, and we found lodgings made ready against our coming.

Not thus lightly and unsolicited could she call herself "faithful," for did not the word mean everything that words could convey in any human relationship?

Remember this, and be persuaded that the very next time you permit yourself to offer me unsolicited advice, I shall act upon the mysterious information I have received.

The part that I have borne in putting down the great rebellion is the one that naturally fell to me by the force of circumstances, and entirely unsolicited.

Wherefore even the honors which Cato sought he ought not to have sought, but the state ought to have conferred them on him unsolicited, on account of his virtues.

Hugh spent his time between watching the door for the appearance of the girls and studying the catalog which Charlie Frye had, unsolicited, thrust into his hands.

If after a term or two this teacher should make a satisfactory record, I would then promote him, unsolicited, and endeavor to keep him as long as he would stay.