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How to use unheard in a sentence

18 example sentences · adjective

Unheard means not heard. Example: “Her cries for help remained unheard.”

Examples of unheard by meaning

adjectiveNot heard.

  • Her cries for help remained unheard.
  • When night had fallen, the she-demon stole forth toward the hall, which she entered unheard and unseen.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33

adjectiveNot listened to.

  • There are no "bad" emotions; rather, there are only heard emotions and unheard emotions.

More sentences with unheard

  • Howsoever they pleaded, their pleas went unheard.From the entry howsoever
  • A hundred years ago, a midwife would bring the baby into the world - going to a hospital to deliver a baby was either impossible or unheard of.From the entry midwife
  • Don Pape, for hearing unheard voices, for unyielding ad-vocacy, and for your bright mirth.2025, Heath Hardesty, Jon Tyson, All Things Together: How Apprenticeship to Jesus Is the Way of Flourishing in a Fragmented World, PRH…. From the entry Tom Bombadil
  • Vander Meer’s no-hitter at Ebbets Field on June 15 was a witness-only event, unheard on any airwave.2008 December 23, Richard Sandomir, “On Old Cassette, Barber's Voice Brings to Life Game He Missed”, in The New York Times. From the entry airwave
  • A leader without committed followers is an unheard voice in the wilderness.1994 May 9, John Elson, “Books: Following the Leaders”, in Time, retrieved 28 Apr 2015. From the entry voice in the wilderness
  • Spinola had returned unheard and was regarding the work of detection with the utmost benignness.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry benignness
  • Getting hold of a bottle outside North Korea is tough, though export to China is not unheard of.2017 May, “North Korea”, in Robin Barton, editor, Lonely Planet's Global Beer Tour (Lonely Planet Food), 1st edition, Lonely Planet Global…. From the entry Taedonggang
  • Taking a male saint's name—Mom says it was on a dare—was unheard of and, as far as I know, unreplicated since.2016, Duana Taha, The Name Therapist: How Growing Up with My Odd Name Taught Me Everything You Need to Know about Yours, Random House…. From the entry genderbendy
  • This custom is almost unheard of in Canada, but in Hungary and much of Eastern Europe, the tradition of cooking outdoors remains common.2012 August 23, Jeremy Grimaldi, “Thrill the grill: BBQ: taking it back to old school: Hungarian cookout goes back to basics”, in Bradford…. From the entry bogracs
  • Commander Kleemann came back and boltered again on his second attempt. lt is unheard of for him to bolter twice in a row.1982, Bert Kinzey, F-14 A & B Tomcat: in detail & scale, page 46. From the entry bolter
  • An unusual, but not unheard of, setup called bird nesting is when children stay in the house and the parents take turns moving in and out.2007, Gayle Rosenwald Smith, What Every Woman Should Know about Divorce and Custody. From the entry bird-nesting
  • Featuring a sagely captain, a first officer with aerodynamic lobes, riveting adventures and special effects unheard of for its time, the show gained unbelievable notoriety across the globe.1997 December, Tim Royal, “Starfleet Academy”, in Steve Bauman, editor, Computer Games Strategy Plus, Rochester, Vt.: Strategy Plus, Inc.…. From the entry sagely
  • A crest of last night's snow skifts the powerlines, lengths of it falling to clean asphalt broken and askew, shattered grammar of a landscape whose unheard mutter might explain.1997, Southern Poetry Review, volumes 37-38, page 20. From the entry skift
  • The mindset of the hunter is split between focus on gathering visual or sound information regarding the elk and remaining unseen, unscented, and unheard, thus avoiding detection by the elk.2005, Tom Airhart, Elk Hunting Guide. From the entry unscented
  • The perineometer of Kagele was unheard of and the hormonology of today is a far cry from the rather crude and relatively weak hormones available in the early and mid-thirties.1951 July, Richard D. Reekie, “Critical Analysis of Recent Advances in Gynecology”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 7, Portland…. From the entry far cry

Meaning of unheard

  1. adjective Not heard.
  2. adjective Not listened to.
  3. adjective Not known to fame; not illustrious or celebrated; obscure.

Full definition of unheard

Questions about unheard in a sentence

How do you use unheard in a sentence?
Unheard is used as an adjective. For example: “Her cries for help remained unheard.”
What is a short sentence with unheard?
“Her cries for help remained unheard.”
What does unheard mean?
Unheard means not heard.

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