unexpressed

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Rose has few friends, perhaps because she has few unexpressed thoughts—and those thoughts tend toward the long-winded and uncompromising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

But all these things left unexpressed, Nora has no idea just how well she and her father know each other, even without words.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

Perhaps personal resentments had accumulated, unexpressed but still powerful.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

But she carries profound but unexpressed resentment over being the family breadwinner while also shouldering much of the parenting burden.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

As was customary in their nineteen years of marriage, he left the grits on his plate untouched, an unexpressed but articulate declaration, rooted in geography, that the society he married into had not assimilated him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy