—used as a function word to indicate reference or concern
they became a world unto themselves Anne T. Fleming
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThat enabled Disney to become a law unto itself, with its own police force, and effectively prevents the area from being a self-governing democracy. Mark I. Pinsky, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022 Yet unto the present, these idiosyncrasies have stretched the elastic bounds of taste. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Quentin Tarantino, a filmmaker who’s a genre unto himself, has made two. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2022 Indeed, Rock Hill Sports & Event Center is an insular social ecosystem unto itself, with its own gossip networks and cliques and scandals and royalty. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022 The news that an oligarch wanted in the U.S. for various and sundry crimes was secretly funding the American president’s lawyer would, in a perfect world, be a scandal unto itself. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 The fight scenes feel relatively original, which is impressive unto itself, considering how many other creative filmmakers there are trying to distinguish themselves in the genre. Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022 As a cultural object, Jane Austen is a genre unto herself that many people feel emotionally close to but also protective of. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, probably from un- (as in until) + to to