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 • Mar. 24, 2026

In moments like those, same as Harold, my unspoken and maybe even unknown goal was life, but a better one.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

"It's also a film about the transmission of generational trauma across three generations in a family, and how taboos, unspoken things and secrets travel."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

But Takaichi has declined to retract her remarks, saying she was only stating longstanding, if largely unspoken, Japanese policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Valley’s face was drained of any color, and when they looked at each other, it was like an unspoken understanding: Something had gone terribly wrong.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega