unsay
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I know that I cannot unsay those words, but please accept my sincerest apologies.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2019
Yet he can’t unsay what was said on the audio tape.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2018
And then they unsay it, and they keep unsaying it, breaking their own rules over and over again.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
Galliano can’t unsay or undo the gross, offensive things that happened two years ago.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2013
He wanted to unsay all the things he had said about her—even unsay the things Leslie had said.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
Lethem’s revisionist project ultimately unsays as much as it says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
And in the last essay of all he makes a campaign against bad laws, which unsays many of his previous sayings on the blessedness of custom.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)
Besides which, he is grown moral, and unsays all his former good things.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert
"Marry him without a word against it to dread from me—so long as he unsays the words and undoes the deeds which have thrown a doubt on the marriage of Arnold and Blanche."
From Man and Wife by Collins, Wilkie
Mr. Hughes forgets—or does he forget?—that in the sequel to this poem, entitled Sixty Years After, Tennyson unsays all the high-pitched dispraise of Amy and her squire.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
Or is that a conversation better left unsaid?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
John F. Kennedy was a sailor and "the second most good-looking president," Trump said, leaving unsaid who is the first.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Thankfully, Babitz did exactly that — no rambling thoughts, petty accusations or amusing missives left unsaid.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
This week on Amicus, that changes: Two judges sat down with us to talk openly about what often goes unsaid.
From Slate ● May 9, 2026
And some things are better left unsaid, but then again, other things aren’t.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
And then they unsay it, and they keep unsaying it, breaking their own rules over and over again.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
"And if Aunt Julia isn't a 'Mede 'n' Persian,' she might almost as well be one—when it comes to unsaying things," Patricia told herself, as she started for the house.
From Patricia by Elliott, Emilia [pseud.]
And how was that unsaying to be accomplished?
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
Do you know, I almost feel tempted to give way to this Martinmas summer of love, to stultify my past by unsaying and undoing everything.
From The Woman Who Did by Allen, Grant
Time and again in her heart of hearts had she planned how those unsaying words should be said, and said just as soon as ever he came, but he came rather soon and suddenly.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles
