unspoken

Example Sentences

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Ferguson says there was an unspoken feeling among the Scotland players that something was going to happen.

From BBC

An air of tension hovered over us like an unspoken truth, which was inevitable after spending so much time together in one confined space after another.

From Salon

“Out with the old mess, in with the new” is the reality genre’s unspoken motto, but let’s think about what that means here.

From Salon

At the matron’s unspoken command, I emptied a bottle of vitamins and a sack of peppermint drops the same way.

From Literature

I understood the unspoken rules of behavior, and the ones I broke I knew to keep to myself, so of course I’d never mentioned a thing about Russell.

From Literature