How to Use unsay in a Sentence

unsay

verb
Definition of unsaynext
Synonyms for unsaynext
  • Some of it is very outward, and then a lot of stuff is unsaid.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 May 2024
  • The children were full of stories that went unsaid in phone calls home.
    — Oleksandr Chubko Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a lot unsaid as the two dance together in their home.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But there was an unease in the air, hovering in between all the words left unsaid.
    — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Left unsaid is that Seattle stepped into the abyss thanks to voters.
    — WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The Biden books, with striking consistency, evince a pride in how much can be left unsaid.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Again, Betts repeated the part most elite players like him left unsaid.
    — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
  • But to me, there are still so many questions with the other characters, and with Barry — and there’s so many things unsaid.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Mar. 2023
  • What went unsaid in the lead-up to the signing: How much Martinez’s presence might amplify Betts’ game, as well.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The syntax of Hangul leaves much unsaid: subjects are implied; pronouns are rare.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
  • Hidden secrets and things left unsaid usually come spilling forth, fueled by the rage of grief.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Left unsaid by Elmore was the quality of Barbara’s days since Kat died, the dull, plodding march of time that defined her life now.
    — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • There are things unsaid between Frasier and Diane — and Kelsey Grammer is keen to see their story through.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Light of the Setting Sun is a poetic family portrait of what’s been left unsaid.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • As with all attempts at bureaucratic overreach, the real threat lies not in what’s stated on the record but rather in what’s left unsaid.
    — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Left unsaid is that of the ten artists playing the main stage over the two-day music festival, the War & Treaty were the only non-white artists amidst a lineup of white acts performing blues, soul, and rap.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2024
  • If anything, the reverse is true: As the thriller plot gets punchier and more predictable, the show’s meditations on what went wrong or unsaid between Masa and Suzie get smaller.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • The most searing moment, for two candidates dogged by questions about age and acuity, could be something unsaid.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • To get the major parties to sign, however, the agreement left unsaid how many of its most sensitive objectives would be achieved.
    — Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2023
  • Left unsaid is the unfortunate truth: Regular people with regular jobs cannot afford to buy a home in the Bay Area.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • There’s meaning in absence, a purpose to stillness, value in what’s unseen, unsaid.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The nuances of what’s said, unsaid, and never texted back can be crushingly complicated.
    — Richard V. Reeves, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
  • Left unsaid is the fact that Mason enslaved people on this plantation, exploiting their labor to build and care for his estate.
    — Sue Eisenfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Even with people who deeply care for each other over an extended period of time, conflict can spark from things that are being left unsaid.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This is a movie about the killing of a matrimonial union curdled by bitterness and unsaid broken promises.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • As if playing parts of a well-orchestrated score, other Justices in the majority picked up on what Roberts left unsaid.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
  • The aim—sometimes spoken, other times left unsaid—of such developments is to counter China’s more assertive presence in the region.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Cooper finds great narrative power in what’s left unsaid.
    — Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Left unsaid was that the bridge sat in a residential area with no visitor parking spaces, public toilets or garbage cans.
    — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • With sparse dialogue, much of the film’s emotional resonance comes in its quiet moments and what remains unsaid.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023

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